Cathy is Lead Careers Adviser for students with disabilities, students in prison and widening participation Students. Cathy divides her time between providing one-to-one guidance for all students and developing resources for students with diverse needs, such as ebooks, podcasts, radio phone-ins, webinars, forums and hard-copy information for students in prison. Cathy understands study issues facing students, as she is an OU graduate and has also worked as a study adviser. During her 30 years as a careers adviser, Cathy has worked in further and higher education colleges, schools, prisons, community projects, overseas and has also freelanced as a writer and worked in Human Resources.