Based in London and Glasgow, United Kingdom

CURRICULUM VITAE

Sara Dunn

Based in London and Glasgow, United Kingdom

Publishing & e-learning consultancy

1  Key skills and competencies

·  E-learning consultancy, including strategic development in academic, vocational and work-based learning

·  Wide range of research skills, including planning and writing, for academic, commercial and public sectors

·  Usability and accessibility consultant, covering all aspects of user-focused design for print and online media, including accessibility for disabled users

·  Strategic consultancy in publishing – electronic and print – including strategic communications planning, information architecture, commissioning, content development and editorial management

·  Project management, including budgeting, scheduling, research and writing, subcontracting, production liaison and all desk editing skills

·  Wide range of print and online writing skills, including mainstream journalism and technical writing in the health and social care fields

2  Main areas of experience

2.1  Consultancy and research: e-learning and publishing

·  Consultant in e-learning for Social Care Institute for Excellence: developing strategic directions for e-learning strategy in social care, incorporating academic and work-based learning (September 2003, ongoing)

http://www.scie.org.uk/work/elearning

·  Research design and implementation, report authoring: Safer transit: Supporting transition from FE to HE in social care and social work Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education (April 2006)

http://www.sieswe.org/publications/index.html

·  Research design and implementation, report authoring: Horses for [Accessible] Courses: Recommendations for approaches to TechDis accessibility guidance aimed at non-technical e-learning content authors TechDis/Higher Education Academy (Dec 2004)

http://www.techdis.ac.uk

·  Research design and implementation, report authoring: Creating an e-learning strategy for social care in England Social Care Institute for Excellence (Nov 2004)

http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning.asp

·  Research design and implementation, report authoring: Return to SENDA? Implementing accessibility for disabled students in virtual learning environments in UK higher and further education EU VISUAL project, Department of Human Computer Interaction, City University London (Nov 2003)
http://www.saradunn.net/VLEproject/index.html

·  Consultant in web and print usability for Synergy Communications: advising on strategy and process to incorporate usability and accessibility across the company’s work (2001-2005)

http://www.synergy-communications.co.uk

·  Publishing and communications consultant for the Disability Rights Commission (August 2000-September 2001). Strategic consultancy on print and online publishing, with special reference to accessible web sites
http://www.drc-gb.org

·  Editorial consultant for Openmind, bi-monthly magazine of Mind, the national mental health charity: strategic planning in design and editorial (1997 ongoing).
http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/OM.htm

·  UK development consultant for PDxMD [now FirstConsult] division of Reed-Elsevier, providing online clinical support systems for GPs Editorial consultancy and market research (June-October 2000).
http://www.firstconsult.com

·  Publishing consultancy for DrugScope (1999). Advising on bi-monthly magazine, books and online publications
http://www.drugscope.org.uk

·  Commissioning consultant, HarperCollins, specialising in health and politics Buying, commissioning and editing of titles (1992-6).
http://www.thorsons.com

·  Research implementation and report authoring: Creating Accepting Communities: Mind Report on Social Exclusion Mind (1999)
http://www.mind.org.uk/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/47

2.2  Journalism/technical writing

·  Principal author, e-learning materials to support social work transition students in Scotland (study skills and critical thinking skills), SIESWE Learning Exchange (2006 ongoing)

http://www.sieswe.org/learnx/index.html

·  Affiliated writer, print and online, for the Wellcome Trust, independent medical research charity (2000 ongoing)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

·  Features and reviews for the Guardian, Observer, Community Practitioner, Health Matters, Time Out, Natural World amongst others, specialising in health, environmental issues, literature

·  Writing and substantive editing, Macmillan Cancer Relief web site
(May-September 2002)
http://www.macmillan.org.uk

·  Writing and substantive editing, Synergy Communications intranet
(June-December 2002 )
http://www.synergy-communications.co.uk

·  Writing and substantive editing, Department of Health
(Quality Strategy for Social Care) (October 2001-February 2002)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications

·  Writing and substantive editing, NHS Confederation (August 2001-Sept 2002)
http://www.nhsconfed.webhoster.co.uk/

·  Research, writing and substantive editing for Health Service Journal
(June 2000-June 2001)
http://www.hsj.co.uk

·  Research, writing, commissioning, Mind booklets, award-winning series of introductions to range of mental health issues (including ADHD, manic depression, schizophrenia) (1997-99)

http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/

2.3  Books

·  Author: Creating Accepting Communities: Mental Health and Social Exclusion (Mind 2000)

·  Co-editor, with Blake Morrison and Michele Roberts: Mind Readings: Writers’ Journeys through Mental States (Secker & Warburg 1996), Waterstones Book of the Month selection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0749386185/qid%3D1066668647/202-7231416-7963858

·  Editor: Beneath the Wide Wide Heaven: Environmental Poetry
(Virago UK, Ballantine USA 1992)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853813044/qid%3D1066668683/202-7231416-7963858

2.4  Editing

·  Rewriter, copy-editor, indexer, copywriter for a range of trade and academic publishers, including Cape, Routledge, Manchester University Press, Thorsons, Little Brown, Virago

2.5  Television

·  Associate producer, Channel 4 Short Stories Hooked: Women Addicted to Angling (1997)

3  Education and training

3.1  Education

2002-2003 City University, London

MSc Electronic Publishing with distinction

1981-1984 Christ’s College University of Cambridge

BA Hons English Literature

3.2  Training

2001 Writing and editing for the web, Book House

2000 Writing and editing for the web, BMA Training

1996 Multimedia publishing, Camden Institute

1993 Book contracts, Book House

1992 Commissioning, Book House

1989 Copy-editing, London School of Publishing

4  Other

Fellow, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (research into patient information in mental health in Australia and New Zealand) (2001-2002)

http://www.saradunn.net/churchill/index.html

Sifting judge, Mind Book of the Year/Allen Lane Award (1996-2000)

Adviser, London Arts Board Literature Panel (1992-1995)

5  References

References and testimonials available on request

For more information see:

Sara Dunn Associates corporate website www.saradunn-associates.net

Sara Dunn personal archive at www.dunn-and-dusted.net