About us
The access team combines academic and practical expertise to tackle social problems with a psychological focus through our collaborative research, training, and coaching programmes.
Dr Amanda Carr
Director
Amanda is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has a PhD in psychology and over 18 years’ experience as an educator, researcher, and leader. She is passionate about the role of education in transforming lives and organisations. She founded access as a learning partner for individuals and teams to foster meaningful change.
Dr Elizabeth Spruin
Head of Learning and Development
Liz has an MBA in Collaborative Leadership and a PhD in Forensic Psychology. Liz has worked in the education sector for over 15 years, designing, delivering and evaluating a range of educational and training programmes for professionals and senior leaders. She specialises in working with young people in the criminal justice system as a chartered psychologist.
Our team
Together we lead a team that brings together practitioners, academics, researchers and consultants with experience in the areas of mental health, education and criminal justice. We take a psychological approach to social problems and collaboratively address solutions through our research, training and coaching programmes.