Dr Viv John

Overview

Viv is a senior lecturer in the School of Education and Social Policy where she works mainly within initial teacher education and the professional doctorate programmes (EdD). Previous roles at Cardiff Met have included Strategic Lead for Learning & Teaching in the Cardiff Partnership for ITE, PGCE Secondary Programme Director, SEWCTET Partnership Quality Manager and Programme Leader for PGCE and BA Secondary Music. She is an active researcher and co-chair of Cardiff Met’s Group for Research in Music Education (GRiME). She was also an integral member of the Embedding Research and Enquiry in Schools (EREiS) Welsh Government project.

Having gained a B.Mus and PGCE from the University of London, Viv taught music for sixteen years in a range of secondary schools in England and Wales and was Head of Department at St. Joseph’s R.C. High School in Newport. Between 2004 and 2006, she led the education work at Wales Millennium Centre, creating a wide and diverse education programme for schools and colleges.

She joined Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy in 2006 as Senior Lecturer in Music Education and completed an MA (Ed) at the university in 2011 and a Professional Doctorate (EdD) in 2020. She has been an A Level examiner for WJEC, a subject expert for Qualifications Wales and an Associate of Musical Futures, responsible for leading the highly successful 2011-12 Welsh pilot and subsequent roll-out across Wales. She is also an experienced external examiner having held posts with the University of Bedford, Ulster University, the University of Chichester and Bath Spa University. She is a keen and active orchestral and solo performer and regularly plays flute with a range of ensembles around South Wales.

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