Meet Helen Murdoch-Wilson, Lead: Quality Assurance and Enhancement at the SCQF Partnership

What is your role within the SCQFP?

I am the Lead for Quality Assurance and Enhancement within the Quality Team. In this role I support the SCQF Partnership in a range of activities relating to quality and capacity building so I work with all of the existing credit rating bodies, as well as new organisations who are interested in becoming a credit rating body. I also help deliver a range of workshops and I’m involved with the SCQF database.

What do you enjoy most about your role?

Working with a wide range of organisations and people who are all committed to improving the opportunities for learners within the Scottish educational landscape. I love the diversity of the SCQF, all the different learning programmes available and the impact these programmes can have on learners. I also enjoy the variety of the work and the fact we are a small team means we can be involved in lots of different projects.

Tell us a bit about your career to date

I started out in the Tourism industry and had several happy years working for various Tourist Boards in Scotland. From there I moved to the college sector in 2003, working initially in student funding, and then moving on to the post of Quality Enhancement Officer where I worked for 10 years before joining the SCQF Partnership in 2016.

Tell us something interesting about yourself?

That’s a tough one….what about a couple of years ago I achieved a lifelong ambition to visit the Grand Canyon – needless to say it was amazing!