Sarah Bloomfield

Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisational Learning and the Director of Undergraduate Apprenticeship Qualifications in the Open University Business School.

Before entering academia, Sarah built a successful career in the consumer goods industry. This included launching household appliances, managing a sponsor’s presence at the Winter Olympics in Japan, and serving as UK Marketing Director for a major beauty brand.

Sarah's research explores the lived experience of work, with a focus on learning in, for, and through work. She studies work-based tensions and their impact on leadership and behaviour, as well as work-based learning as a pedagogical approach.

Sarah holds a British Academy Small Research Grant to investigate the lived experience of female angel investors in Saudi Arabia.

Sarah uses engaged, ethnographic methods and has a published book chapter on this approach.