Fiona Carthy is an associate consultant with specialist education research consultancy – The Knowledge Partnership (www.theknowledgepartnership.com). Fiona has worked as a Senior Executive in education marketing for the last 11 years specialising in marketing in FE. As a former Director of Marketing at a large South East GFE College, Fiona has been more recently providing strategic consultancy across the education sector – for colleges, universities and schools. She also provides interim management (plus consultancy).

Having spent three years in Australia consulting for education clients across Australia and New Zealand, Fiona has brought her international experience back to the UK. She has recently authored two national research projects around Employer and Employee Perceptions of FE and has presented keynote presentations and workshops on a national and regional basis since her return to the UK two years ago. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations and a Master of Communications (Research) degree. Fiona is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.