My name is Kevin Armstrong and I am Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead in Paramedic Science and Pre-Hospital Care here at Edge Hill University. I am a paramedic by background and joined Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust back in 2002, as an Ambulance Care Assistant on the non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS). I completed the IHCD Technician course in 2003 and subsequently the IHCD Paramedic course in 2006. I worked on an emergency ambulance, followed by providing cover as a rapid response community paramedic in the North Staffordshire area (WMAS following ambulance service mergers). It was during this role I became a mentor to student paramedics studying at various universities. Following on from my role as a community paramedic and mentor, in 2009, I undertook a seconded position to Staffordshire University as a Paramedic Lecturer Practitioner, initially part time evolving into a full time basis that lasted for 2 years. This led to me joining Staffordshire University in 2011 as a full time paramedic lecturer with duties which involved both module and award leadership.