Esther Knight

Esther Knight serves as an Honorary (Visiting) Research Fellow at Staffordshire University within the School of Justice, Security and Sustainability. With over two decades of professional experience, she specializes in EU and UK external funding management across the North West and West Midlands regions, having previously directed the EU Connects service to enhance regional funding proposal quality and volume.

Her academic credentials include:

• BA (Hons) Economics
• CPD Certificate in Performance Coaching, level 7
• MA Coaching and Mentoring Practice, Merit
• ILM Coaching and Mentoring (on-going)

Her research spans organizational change dynamics, European Union policy frameworks, public finance mechanisms, and taxation systems, with applied expertise in project development for UK regeneration funding and one-to-one coaching methodologies for personal transformation. Knight integrates theoretical research with practical funding strategy implementation, emphasizing policy-to-practice translation in public sector contexts.

Professionally, she advises organizations on securing EU/UK funding streams and leverages coaching techniques to facilitate individual and structural change within public sector institutions, maintaining active engagement through her ongoing ILM certification.