03 Mar 2026
19 min read
Dr Paresh Kathrani
Director of Education
About
Dr Paresh Kathrani is Director of Education at the London School of Innovation. He leads the Education Department and chairs the Academic Board, which approves programmes and modules, oversees examination boards and research ethics, and reports on academic quality and standards to the Board of Governors. His remit covers learning, teaching and research, quality assurance and regulatory compliance, including liaison with the Office for Students.
Across more than two decades in education, training, and innovation, Paresh has built a reputation for translating complex change into delivery that works at scale. His work has ranged from higher education teaching and research, funded projects, to senior leadership of global professional training, with a consistent thread: widening access, improving quality, and examining how technology reshapes institutions and professional life. As a speaker, writer, and trainer on AI and the future of services, he brings both intellectual range and practical governance instincts to LSI’s mission in a rapidly shifting landscape.
Modules
Cyber security is no longer only the responsibility of IT teams. Every person who uses a device, handles information, accesses online services or communicates digitally plays a part in keeping an organisation secure.
This short professional course gives learners a practical understanding of how cyber incidents happen and what they can do to reduce risk. Rather than turning employees into cyber-security specialists, it develops the awareness, judgement and everyday behaviours needed to work securely in a digital organisation.
The course draws on guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre and is aligned with the principles that underpin Cyber Essentials.
Leader
Dr Paresh Kathrani
Dr Paresh Kathrani
- Understanding Cyber Risk
- Working Securely
This course enables practitioners to judge claims about adult learning and turn relevant evidence into a feasible learning design. It combines adult learning perspectives, cognitive science, motivation and inclusion, constructive alignment, assessment, transfer, and responsible use of AI and education technology.
The central question throughout the course is: How should we design adult learning in an AI-mediated environment using evidence rather than fashionable models?
Leader
Dr Paresh Kathrani
Dr Paresh Kathrani
- Adult Learning in Context
- How Learning Works
- Motivation Agency and Inclusion
- Design for Outcomes Practice and Transfer
- Assessment and Feedback
- Choosing AI and Education Technology
Every organisation handles personal information. Customer details, employee records, emails, applications, financial information and digital identifiers can all contain data about people.
UK GDPR sets expectations for how that information should be collected, used, shared, stored and protected. But effective data protection is not simply a legal or compliance responsibility. It depends on the everyday decisions made by people across an organisation.
This short professional course gives learners a practical understanding of UK GDPR and the judgement needed to handle personal data responsibly at work. It focuses on the situations employees are most likely to encounter rather than turning learners into data-protection specialists.
Leader
Dr Paresh Kathrani
Dr Paresh Kathrani
- Understanding GDPR and Personal Data
- Applying GDPR in Everyday Work
