Meet the team

Tom Parsons is Programmes Manager and Senior Lecturer and at Norland College. This involves leading the coordination of programmes, planning and delivering curriculum in collaboration with the lecturing team, leading modules with responsibility for assessments, providing academic and pastoral support for students, and conducting research and scholarly activity to develop personal practice and to help raise the academic profile of the institution. Prior to Norland, Tom trained to a foundation level in Early Years Learning and Development before moving on to complete a BA in Education and a PGCE incorporating the Diploma in Education and Training at Plymouth University. He has completed a MA in Education through the University of Bath which included research on the coping efficacy of student practitioners working with families of divorce and separation.