Rob is Programme Lead for Masters in User Experience Design and Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Design at School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has a cross-domain and post-disciplinary approach to research that focuses on collaborative innovation and a broad specialist practice profile.

As a creative director and studio practitioner, Rob consults on design projects, makes innovative films and interactive experiences. Through research and practice, his research practice explore collaboration across boundaries in creative environments and critical territories, expanding the thresholds of learning, design and leadership.