NHS collaboration
Collaboration and proposal activity with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust creates a pathway for applying trustworthy AI and secure intelligent-system research to healthcare settings.
Impact
From Research Activity to External Value
My impact work connects cybersecurity and trustworthy AI research with skills, industry practice, healthcare collaboration, regional ecosystems, public engagement and professional communities.
01Research
Cybersecurity, AI security, trustworthy AI, multi-agent systems and game-theoretic analysis.
02Translation
Funded projects, curriculum, prototypes, evaluation frameworks and industry collaboration.
03Engagement
Learners, SMEs, employers, NHS collaborators, cyber communities and professional audiences.
04Value
Skills, reusable capability, stronger practice, partnerships, public understanding and future R&D.
Case study
CyberPathway: widening access to practical cybersecurity skills
As Principal Investigator, I led a £143,000 Innovate UK / DSIT Cyber Local programme designed around barriers faced by career-changers, underrepresented groups and SME staff. It combined three in-person cohorts with an e-learning platform, coached labs, mentoring support and an AI-supported learner-help feature.
Thirty participants were trained. Reusable teaching assets and the e-learning platform were retained for repeat CPD use. Learner feedback indicated increased confidence and clearer interest in certification and entry-level cyber pathways.
£143kfunding
30participants
3cohorts
CPDreusable platform
Responsible AI workforce
CyberSafeAI North East
I led development of the North East Responsible AI Workforce Accelerator, a 60-credit Level 7 professional-practice PGCert focused on AI safety, security, governance and responsible deployment, with employer-defined AI challenges, professional projects, work-integrated learning and placements.
Digital Safety CIC supports placements; CyberNorth and Digital Safety engage SMEs and companies; NEBRC supports employer engagement and placement identification. The model connects AI capability with responsible organisational practice.
Digital Safety, CyberNorth & NEBRC
These relationships connect research and education with regional businesses, SMEs, cyber professionals and communities, creating channels for placements, employer-defined challenges, workshops, knowledge exchange and future collaborative R&D.
Media & public engagement
Taking cybersecurity and AI beyond academic audiences
2025
Cyberfest Conference · CyberNorth, Newcastle
Self-healing AI control framework.
2025
teissLondon · London
Building a robust GenAI governance framework.
2024
teissLondon · London
Fortifying cyber-resilience against deepfake social-engineering attacks.
2024
Panel / podcast · London
Reducing security debt in a GenAI-driven world.
2023
teissLondon · London
Trusting automated responses to incident response.
2022
Green University of Bangladesh
Recent research trends and opportunities in IoT and cybersecurity.
External visibility
CyberPathway media coverage
Tees Business
Teesside University leading the way in cybersecurity skills development with CyberPathway
TBA
NOF
Protect your business with free cyber security training (CyberPathway)
TBA
Evidence over activity
What impact means here
I distinguish activity from impact. Evidence includes people trained, reusable capability created, organisations engaged, changes in confidence or practice, adoption, follow-on collaboration, media reach, research outputs and new routes to externally funded R&D.