Helen Worthington
Senior Lecturer, Experience Design, Cornwall Business School
Helen Worthington is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University, having joined the Cultural Management & Production department in 2012 and migrating to Cornwall Business School in 2020. She is also a Module Leader for Creative Events Management MA with Falmouth Flexible Learning. As an alumnus of Lancaster University, and senior manager within the arts and third sectors, she has a background in consortium development, partnerships, orchestral touring, project, festival and event management and volunteer management.
Helen has delivered high-level international projects, partnerships and large-scale tours for professional orchestras, performing artists, festivals, venues and productions. More recently, Helen focused on re-imagining business models in the digital landscape, which included creative development of emerging live performance concepts for new audiences, and digital recording solutions. She was Chief Executive of a charity in Cornwall, before transitioning into education full time, although maintains her links to industry in a non-executive director capacity.
Attracting industry awards for achievements in innovation, a notable feature of Helen's experience was her long-standing, multi-layered partnership with the LSO, with whom she pioneered orchestral touring in India and brokered a digital partnership on behalf of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. She became a senior creative director at Intermusica, establishing a new division dedicated to diversifying core business in the digital landscape and developing new commercial offers in this area.
Helen was awarded a PGCHE in 2019, and holds certificates in Management & Leadership Development and Effective Business Influencing. In 2012, she received multiple Excellence awards as a site and volunteer manager for the London Ambassadors during the Olympic Games. She has been a contributor at industry events, and conducted business in China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, and throughout Europe.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education | Falmouth University |
| 2003 | BA (Hons) Music & French Studies | Lancaster University |
Honors and awards
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 x Falmouth University 'You're Brilliant' student awards |
| 2011 | Artist Manager of the Year Award (ABO/Rhinegold) |
| 1999 | Outstanding Contribution to Music |
Membership of external committees
Institute of Travel & TourismTeaching
Areas of teaching
- business innovation
- Cultural Management
- digital events
- event design
- Event Management
- law & intellectual property
- Music Management
- Project Management
- research for events
- sustainable events management
- tour management
Courses taught
- BA(Hons) Creative Event Management
- MA Creative Event Management
- BA(Hons) Sustainable Festivals Management
- BA(Hons) Popular Music
- BA(Hons) Music
- BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology
Policy engagement within Cornwall
Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwall
Partnership Officer & Chief Executive of Safer Stronger Consortium
Director of CIC, The Soul Tent Initiative, Cornwall
