18 Aug 2023

Meet our Associate Trainer team for 2023-24

We are delighted to introduce our excellent team of student Associate Trainers (ATs) for the coming academic year. The team includes nine newly-recruited trainers and seven returners from previous years!

The team will begin delivering Introductory Course Rep Training (part two) from week beginning Monday 18th September 2023 onwards. Bookings for 2023-24 are now open, as detailed in our separate CRT news article

The team's induction process began on 8th June, with an online induction day, followed by our intensive, annual, four-day 'CRT Train the Trainer' event taking place from 22nd-25th August 2023, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to fulfil their role.  

The 2023-24 team are as follows and their biographies can be viewed on the staff page on our website:

  • Finn Link - Abertay University
  • Elspeth Nicol - Abertay University
  • Beth Macphee - City of Glasgow College
  • Louise Hallam - Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Indre Lostyte - Glasgow Clyde College
  • Manuela Davies-Vengoechea - Glasgow School of Art
  • Eve King - Glasgow School of Art
  • Sarah Calder - Robert Gordon University
  • Danielle Higginson - SRUC
  • Lane Deamant - The University of Edinburgh
  • Kirsten Koss - University of Aberdeen
  • Ari Badr - University of Glasgow
  • Thelma Adaeze Munonye - University of Stirling
  • Duncan Weatherston - University of Strathclyde
  • Madeleine Brown - University of Strathclyde
  • Clare Hunter - University of the West of Scotland

We know that you will join us in extending a warm welcome to the new trainers joining us this year! 

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