October 2013: Invitation to address the Croatian Occupational Therapy conference (virtually) on the use of social media for professional development
September 2013 : Invitation to Key Note address at Swedish Occupational Therapy Conference on the use of social media for professional development
October 2011: Invitation to attend a workshop to share and generate information that will inform the College of Health and Social Care International Strategy, University of Salford
October 2011: Co-organisation and facilitation of the OT4OT 24hour Virtual Exchange for World OT Day
April 2011: Facilitation of an international virtual classroom session for the Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VDIM)
May 2010 to date : Founder member of OT4OT working on a number of annually developed and delivered international projects for World OT Day including wikiflash and 24 hour Virtual Global Knowledge Exchange
May 2010: Presented at World
Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress, Santiago Chile with international colleagues2009: Hosted visit from occupational therapy faculty, Universite de Miguel Hernandez, Alicante to discuss potential for ERASMUS exchange
2007-2010: Chair of International Steering Group within the School of Health Care Professions, University of Salford. Facilitating mapping of UG and PG curricula for internationalisation
2007-2009: Timisoara, Romania. Preliminary work with Muzika, Romania to create links with the organisation in Romania and the Directorate of Occupational Therapy, University of Salford and the undergraduate occupational therapy students. This has since been handed over to other directorate staff
2007: Invitation to Universite de Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain to present on Occupational Therapy education in the UK to undergraduate students and FacultyDeveloped links that have recently (2010) resulted in an ERASMUS exchange for Universoity of Salford students2005: visit to Lapaanranta, Finland on ERASMUS exchange:included supervising UK students on placement and facilitating PBL sessions at the University.Developed knowledge of OT practice and education in another country and a keen interest in the wider boundaries of occupational therapy outside of the UK.