Alix brings both journalism and teaching experience to CfEY team. She has completed research on a number of topics, including special educational needs and disabilities, barriers to accessing UK higher education, post-16 transitions, and supporting student mental health. Alix has carried out a number of evaluations and delivered evaluation training, as well as providing communications support for a range of organisations. She has a special interest in mental health and authored a chapter on the subject for CfEY’s book, Young People on the Margins.
Alix started out as an English teacher at a secondary school, then went on to work as an education journalist for sister papers FE Week and Schools Week.
