Piers nearly 30 years of experience of working in higher education across both the public and private sector. Working primarily in international education he has been a teacher, lecturer, trainer and senior manager. His experience includes responsibility for quality assurance, external accreditation, and teaching and learning for a range of programmes including those with online delivery. He is an approved trainer, trainer of trainers and assessor for Cambridge English Assessment. Since joining the QAA in 2019, he has worked on training and consultancy projects in Mauritius, Thailand Jordan and Peru. Projects have included quality assurance methodology, moving to virtual delivery, and the learner journey.

He has worked on the QAA International Quality Review Accreditation Scheme and been involved in the training of reviewers. and has also supported the QAA’s TNE and International Membership work.