Paul Blackmore
Paul Blackmore has been Director of the Centre for Employability Enterprise and Careers (CEEC) for the past five years. During this time he introduced a range of careers, education, employability, enterprise skills and employer services considered to be some of the most innovative in the higher education sector, many of which have received acclaim in national awards for best practice. This provision moved Lancaster University to No.1 in the North of England (Sunday Times University Guide 2010) and 13th in the UK – far from its previous ranking at the bottom of league for graduate-level employment.

Paul is the Chair of the national Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Task Group, convener of the EAIE Executive Forum for Developing Employer-Engagement Strategies and frequent speaker on such issues across Europe. He has recently been appointed to fill the newly created post of Director of Employability at the University of Exeter.