Victoria is an Architect and Associate Professor. As director of an architectural practice and also previous employee of practices, she has experience within a range of sectors and has worked within the fields of facilities management, BIM, occupancy planning, architectural visualisation and interior design. Victoria has always been passionate about architectural education. During her time as an academic, she has developed connections with organisations in USA and South Africa, which provide the opportunity teach internationally and also collaborate on numerous projects and research activities. In 2011, Victoria co-founded the aae (association of architectural educators), which was formally announced in 2013 with the inaugural conference, which she organised. The conference launched the aae journal, Charette, for which she is on the editorial committee. Victoria has continued to support aae conferences as Director of events and through research presentations on the use of social media in the design studio, which in turn lead to a PhD placement at Loughborough University. In 2012, Victoria set up the aae and Vectorworks scholarship programme, which provides free software to UK architecture schools. This project was showcased at the Vectorworks summit, Chicago. In 2014, Victoria joined BCU as Course Director, Year 1 year lead and Associate Professor. She has taught across many fields within HE, including: architecture, interior architecture, theatre and set design, architectural technology, BIM, CAD and digital architecture and a number of other specialist areas. Victoria’s most recent project is “BIM in Birmingham”. Now appealing to world wide audiences, the BIM in Birmingham suite of conferences is developing quickly and has become internationally recognised.