Helen Worthington

Senior Lecturer, Business & Experience Design (Festivals & Events)

Helen Worthington is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University in the Faculty of Business & Design, delivering into Sustainable Festival/Tourism Management, Creative Events Management and Music Business, with experience in undergraduate and postgraduate delivery, in traditional, blended and online formats. Helen also facilities delivery and development of Knowledge Exchange and Partnership activities with sector and community partners such as The Eden Project, Cornwall Music Service Trust, and The Dracaena Centre, Falmouth. She is currently completing an MSc in Psychology with the University of Exeter, deepening her expertise in social sustainability - notably systemic and community psychologies - with a focus on young people, families, and festivals. She is a member of the British Psychological Society, a panellist for the University of Exeter's BPS course accreditation, and in her spare time, volunteers as an advocate for vulnerable children with Barnardo’s.

Helen's background and subject expertise includes partnership development, tour, festival and project management and crisis management within the arts and voluntary sectors. She has delivered high-level international projects, partnerships and large-scale tours for professional orchestras, performing artists, festivals, venues and co-productions worldwide including BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Melbourne Festival, Athens Festival, Philharmonie Paris and others. Her agency work focused on re-imagining business models, which included development of emerging live performance concepts, and digital recording solutions. She was Chief Executive of a charity partnership in the Southwest, before transitioning into education full time, although maintains links with industry.

Attracting industry awards for innovation, a notable feature of Helen's experience was her long-standing partnership with the LSO, with whom she pioneered orchestral touring in India and brokered a digital label agreement 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, now a leading standard in the sector.

Helen was awarded a PGCHE in 2019, holds certificates in Management & Leadership Development and Effective Business Influencing, and received multiple awards as a site/volunteer manager during the 2012 Olympic Games. She has negotiated contracts in China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, and throughout Europe. She speaks fluent French and is a professionally trained pianist and accompanist.

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