Emm Rodman

Emm Rodman

Emm Rodman

Higher & Further education lecturing

I’ve been teaching for over 12 years in London, Bristol and Wales.
I am an interdisciplinary practitioner, lecturing in two core areas: Operations management and art & design. I am a neurodiversity champion, raising awareness of alternative thinking styles and promoting inclusive practices.

Top centre — Career exploration through play: "Students exploring career planning through a hands-on activity using colourful modelling clay and printed materials spread across a table" Top right — Cinema event: "A performer with red rope installation work on stage in front of rows of empty green cinema seats" Bottom left — Event planning in action: "A student arranging colourful sticky notes in a pattern on a concrete floor as part of an event planning exercise" Bottom centre — Festival field trip: "A group of students standing outdoors at a festival venue, observing the site setup under a large canvas canopy structure" Bottom right — VR workshop: "Students using VR headsets during a workshop led by Emmeline Rodman, in a modern classroom setting"

My teaching areas and specialism

Operations Management

  • Operations strategy and systems thinking for arts and charity organisations

  • Event planning, facilitation and evaluation

  • Venue and facilities management, licensing and compliance

  • Health and safety in action and risk assessment

  • Community development, placemaking and measuring impact

  • Audience development and cultural programming

  • Workshop design, facilitation and guest speaking

Art & Design

  • Advertising, marketing and communications theory

  • Portfolio development and personal brand creation

  • Print and digital visual communication design

  • Supporting students to become idea-led, instinctual practitioners

  • Critical thinking, idea generation and art direction through live brief mentoring

  • Pitching, freelance financial literacy and employability for creatives

  • Practice-led teaching in installation art, illustration and photography

For further details of my current projects, please see my research page.