Our team

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Mike Lopez

CEO and Engineering Tutor

Michael created UniCourse back in March 2014, whilst teaching HNC/D engineering students in north west colleges. A specialist in engineering mathematics and circuits, he pioneered Bluetooth circuitry as a designer at the turn of the millennium. He is still one of our very active full-time teachers, as well as being CEO.

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Dr Mike Shaw

Head Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Mike has over 32 years experience in the higher education sector, carrying out teaching and research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He also has experience in the teaching of engineering mathematics at university levels.

A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, he is an active participant in the activities of the IET and a member of their Academic Accreditation Panel.

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Geraint Phylip-Jones

Head Mechanical Engineering Tutor

Geraint has over 20 years experience in higher education, teaching Thermodynamics, Marine Engineering and Fluid Mechanics. Prior to entering higher education he had 23 years industrial experience designing propulsion and power generation plants.

Geraint is Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, where he is an active member of the NW England branch.

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Geoff Radivan

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Geoff is a fully qualified tutor with over 30 years teaching experience in both further and higher education. In recent years, Geoff developed virtual learning programs for BTEC/HNC Electrical/Electronic engineering programs.

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Ashley Lloyd

Business Tutor / Careers Specialist

Ashley is a fully qualified teacher, and an inspirational Business tutor. She has nurtured many hundreds of students, in a personal capacity, and has very specific skills in delivering online learning. She also plays a leading role in our Careers Hub service, providing expert advice to our learners on how to improve their CVs, exceed in interviews, and progress further.

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Kevin Carroll

Business Tutor

Kevin is one of our Business tutors who works with students completing their BTEC and ILM courses. He has a BA (Hons.) in Business Management and Information, and, since graduating has worked in a number of Marketing, Finance, IT, Administrative and Public Sector roles.

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Mohammed Hoq

Mechanical Engineering Consultant

Mohammed has over 20 years experience in educational leadership & management, curriculum development, teaching, learning & assessment, in the field of aeronautical engineering in the UK and abroad. He is a senior external verifier for Pearson Edexcel BTEC programmes and ensures that UniCourse provides the highest quality delivery and assessment to our students.

Qualified and Highly Experienced in the UK and abroad as an IQA and EQA

He has an approved Form-4 from EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) as an Examination Manager and International ‘Train the Trainer’ qualified.

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Rodrigo Fabaro

IT Engineer & Engineering Tutor

Rodrigo has BEng (Hons) in Computer Engineering and specialises in mathematics, circuits, and software systems. He is also responsible for developing our Virtual Learning Environmen Platform (Moodle) and providing technical support.

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Jen Proctor

Principal/Tutor

Jen has over 16 years’ experience in management. She joined the UniCourse family in 2016 and is the Principal for all Higher National qualifications, and ILM distance learning courses. Her duties cover all aspects of internal and external operations, as well as being our head Business and Leadership & Management tutor.

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Sarah Carter

Office Manager

Sarah has 12 years of experience in customer service and client account management. She is in charge of the day-to-day office duties as well as supporting recruitment and the sales team. Sarah ensure that the office remains a comfortable, welcoming and wonderful place to work for all the staff members at UniCourse.

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Samantha Robinson

Administration/ Project Manager

Samantha has over 10 years experience in the field of employee training. She manages our Administration Department as well as our Direct B2B training programmes, providing businesses with in-depth face-to-face training solutions for their employees. Her training specialities include business administration and organisational development, Microsoft provider training and software development.

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Nicola Critchley

Accounts Manager

Nikki is responsible for the management of the day-to-day running of our financial affairs. She ensures that students get a fair deal, and also engages with our blue-chip employers to ensure that their needs are well served by our activities.

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Teresa Johnson

Administrator

Teresa has 20 years experience in customer service and over 10 years experience in Administration. Her role is to set up Students onto our online system and welcome them to the learning platform. She is also responsible for the smooth running of training operations and contacting Students to help guide them through their Moodle Account.

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Paige Mackenzie

PA

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Demi-Louise Clarke

Content Marketing Assistant

Demi's academic background in Creative Writing and proven experience handling customer enquiries with care and attention to detail ensures that she is a valued member of the team. Demi works closely with other members of the team to ensure the content UniCourse produces on the website, blog, social media and others are reader-friendly and valuable.

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Rachel Evans

Sales Manager

Rachel brings to UniCourse a passion for customer service, sales, and marketing. Having obtained a first-class honours degree in Marketing, she is an essential part of the sales and marketing efforts, ensuring our learners and partners receive the best possible customer service and care. If you request a call from UniCourse, you may end up speaking with her!

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Sadie Skelland

Business Development Manager

Sadie is a talented young marketer whose main focus is on developing relationships with colleges and learning providers worldwide who wish to purchase our learning materials. After successfully completing a Marketing degree, her desire to make a difference is a key component of our team.

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Bethany Cliff

Digital Marketing Executive

Beth is a Digital Marketeer with 6 years of experience working in the marketing industry. Her focus is on promoting our courses online to new potential students. She also assists in various graphic design projects for UniCourse.

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Danielle Singh

Social Media Manager

Danielle is a Social Media Manager with 3 years of experience in the industry and a Diploma in Digital Skills (Specialism in Social Media). She works to keep our social channels updated with brilliant new content to keep our students and followers up to date with what goes on in UniCourse.

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Aoife Farrell

Head of Media

Aoife - who now has a Masters in Education - is one of the main actors in developing our children's education department. Aoife has a passion for children’s education. During her time at university, she focused on the importance of education for all children regardless of their situation. Aoife’s main focus is to develop and create media content for this new venture.

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Joe Rowan

Project Leader - TecTube

Joe is a content creator with many years of experience working within education. He specialized with his bachelor’s in education and English literature, and from this, he has worked closely with children who needed specialized support and care. His experiences in teaching have motivated him to find a way to deliver education in a new and innovative way.

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Megan Spike

Project Leader - UniCourse

Megan has substantial experience in administering our higher education programmes, marketing, and a broad range of other responsibilities.

Course tutors

Mike Lopez

CEO and Engineering Tutor

Dr Mike Shaw

Head Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Geraint Phylip-Jones

Head Mechanical Engineering Tutor

Geoff Radivan

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Ashley Lloyd

Business Tutor / Careers Specialist

Kevin Carroll

Business Tutor

Mohammed Hoq

Mechanical Engineering Consultant

Rodrigo Fabaro

IT Engineer & Engineering Tutor

Jen Proctor

Principal/Tutor

Administration

Sarah Carter

Office Manager

Samantha Robinson

Administration/ Project Manager

Nicola Critchley

Accounts Manager

Teresa Johnson

Administrator

Paige Mackenzie

PA

Marketing & Creative Team

Demi-Louise Clarke

Content Marketing Assistant

Rachel Evans

Sales Manager

Sadie Skelland

Business Development Manager

Bethany Cliff

Digital Marketing Executive

Danielle Singh

Social Media Manager

Media Team

Aoife Farrell

Head of Media

Joe Rowan

Project Leader - TecTube

Megan Spike

Project Leader - UniCourse

Mike Lopez

CEO and Engineering Tutor

Dr Mike Shaw

Head Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Geraint Phylip-Jones

Head Mechanical Engineering Tutor

Geoff Radivan

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Tutor

Ashley Lloyd

Business Tutor / Careers Specialist

Kevin Carroll

Business Tutor

Mohammed Hoq

Mechanical Engineering Consultant

Rodrigo Fabaro

IT Engineer & Engineering Tutor

Jen Proctor

Principal/Tutor

Sarah Carter

Office Manager

Samantha Robinson

Administration/ Project Manager

Nicola Critchley

Accounts Manager

Teresa Johnson

Administrator

Paige Mackenzie

PA

Demi-Louise Clarke

Content Marketing Assistant

Rachel Evans