29 Aug 2025

Meet our Associate Trainer team for 2025-26

We are delighted to introduce our excellent team of student Associate Trainers (ATs) for the coming academic year. The team includes 11 newly-recruited trainers and 8 returners from previous years, making it our largest ever team! 

The team will begin delivering Introductory Course Rep Training (part two) from week beginning Monday 29th September 2025 onwards. Bookings for 2025-26 are now open, as detailed in our separate CRT news article.

The team's induction process began on 18th June 2025, with an online induction session, followed by our intensive, annual, four-day 'CRT Train the Trainer' event across 26th-29th August 2025, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to fulfil their role.  

The 2025-26 team are as follows and their biographies can be viewed on the staff page on our website:

  • Finn Link - Abertay University
  • Aryan Aggarwal - Abertay University
  • Aidan Houston - Ayrshire College
  • Mateusz Bryczkowski - City of Glasgow College
  • Beth Macphee - Edinburgh Napier University
  • Sonique Noreiga - Glasgow Kelvin College
  • Maliha Tasnim - University of Aberdeen
  • Ciara McCarthy - University of Glasgow
  • Takaaki Iwai - University of St Andrews & Edinburgh College
  • Molly Keane - University of St Andrews 
  • Nika Fabrio - University of St Andrews  
  • Rufus Hornyold-Strickland - University of St Andrews  
  • Sarah Al-Hajj - University of St Andrews  
  • Duncan Weatherston - University of Strathclyde
  • Madeleine Brown - University of Strathclyde
  • Calum Campbell - University of Strathclyde
  • Clare Hunter - University of the West of Scotland
  • Amy Mcloughlan - University of the West of Scotland
  • Marlene Asare - University of the West of Scotland

As always, we know that you will join us in extending a warm welcome to the new trainers joining us this year! 

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