Richard Marshall

Department of Engineering and Built Environment

Academic qualifications

City & Guilds Plumbing

"What I most enjoy about my teaching is seeing my students progress - many arrive with low confidence levels and end up finishing the course with a new set of plumbing skills and a stronger sense of self-belief."

I’m a City & Guilds Plumber teaching on our Plumbing course. As well as plumbing, I also bring over 35 years of experience in the construction sector and therefore general construction skills and expertise. I have a thorough understanding of how the construction industry works and I’m able to pass this knowledge on to my students in a practical, honest way.

What I most enjoy about my teaching is seeing my students progress - many arrive with low confidence levels and end up finishing the course with a new set of plumbing skills and a stronger sense of self-belief. It was also incredibly rewarding to help shape our new centre for construction in 2024, the James Cond building.

My students say that they enjoy the course because of the supportive environment I create, where they feel they can ask questions. In fact, my advice to new students is: if in doubt, ask!

In my spare time, I enjoy rugby, football and sports in general.

A quote that’s always resonated with me was coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”