Simon Reekie

MSc Art Psychotherapy (Distinction) – Queen Margaret University (2015)

PGDE (Art & Design Education) – University of the West of Scotland (2009)

MFA Studio (Drawing & Painting) – School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008)

BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) – Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (2004)

BSc (Hons) Biotechnology (2.1) – University of Abertay, Dundee (1997)

Art and design education across secondary, further and higher education, as well as community, museum and prison education contexts. Qualified and GTCS-registered art and design teacher for both secondary and further education. Teaching focuses on studio-based practice, socially engaged and community-based art, creativity and wellbeing, reflective practice, research skills, and project-based learning. Experience includes supervising undergraduate dissertations and supporting student placements and applied projects across arts, education, and arts-and-health settings.

Art therapy pilot group at UHI Perth
Practice-based research project exploring relational, material and facilitation processes in group art therapy with further and higher education students, with a focus on creativity, wellbeing and learning in educational contexts

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): University of Greenwich × Whatman Ltd
Research project undertaken through a university–industry Knowledge Transfer Partnership, focused on the development and evaluation of magnetisable solid-phase supports for DNA capture. The work sat at the interface of applied bioscience research and industrial materials development, contributing to translational research and knowledge exchange between higher education and industry.

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2025-9745