Sharon Rosser

As the Outdoor Programmes Manager within the School of Health, Social Work and Sport, Sharon is responsible for the management and delivery of UCLan’s ‘Frontier Education’ programme across the whole University. Frontier Education is a personal and team development programme designed to develop peer support networks and collaborative working by building a cohort community and enhancing communication, leadership and employability skills. The Frontier Education programmes can help students with the transition into University life, and prepare graduates for the next step following graduation, into employment. Using the outdoors as a medium for teaching, learning and leadership, Sharon also teaches on the BA(Hons) Outdoor Adventure Leadership degree programme.

Sharon is an experienced teacher, lecturer and coach within the outdoors, with significant experience of working in Local Authority and commercial outdoor education and outdoor adventure centres, Schools, FE and HE education establishments. Sharon's adventures have included mountaineering expeditions to Ecuador, Bolivia, Nepal, British Columbia, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco and European Alps, and she has climbed extensively in UK, France, Switzerland, Spain, Majorca, Italy, Yosemite and British Columbia. Caving is Sharon's passion however, and as well as caving extensively in the UK, her underground adventures also include expeditions to France and Spain.