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Rachel is a Senior Lecturer on the Forensic Psychology Team at the University of Bath, currently Deputy Director of Studies on the MSc in Forensic Psychology with Placement, and working on the development of a new Doctorate in Forensic Psychology programme. Previously, she was the Director of Studies and Academic Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme. Rachel is Co-Lead of the international Trauma-Informed Approaches to Higher Education (TIA-HE) Network and is working collaboratively across disciplines, sectors, organisations, and geographical borders to better understand, research and drive meaningful and evidence-based improvements in this space. Her work includes understanding and supporting post-traumatic growth through higher education. Rachel is an HCPC registered Chartered Clinical Psychologist who specialises in trauma-focused interventions and trauma-informed approaches, having worked clinically with acute hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, families and staff, military veterans and other populations at higher risk of trauma exposure, such as first responders, healthcare staff, government agency staff, and students. She is an experienced research and clinical supervisor of psychological therapists, practitioner psychologists and trainees working with trauma across health, mental health and forensic settings. Rachel is an appointed Committee Member of the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society and has previously led and/or managed national programmes focused on healthcare quality improvement, risk and safety. She has also (co)authored book chapters such as ‘The Trauma-Informed Approaches to Higher Education Network: Establishing a Collaborative and Supportive Community Across Disciplines, Organisations and Borders’, and the book ‘An Illustrated Guide to Clinical Psychology’.