Patrick Smith has recently retired from higher education after 50 years of teaching and research, culminating in the award of Emeritus Professor. Throughout his career he has designed and implemented distinctive and innovative professional development programmes in which a deep understanding of relevant theoretical and research findings is applied to professional practice in order to develop practical insights and solutions. In recent years his interests have centred on applying these approaches in the context of work-based learning and development. Patrick continues to research and write on a...