A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art (1993 – Fine Art), Thomas returned as a member of staff in 2013. As the Head of International Academic Development at GSA, Thomas provides academic leadership in the area of internationalisation and international development, providing expertise and guidance in internationalisation initiatives and issues across GSA. This consists of leading, facilitating and supporting the development of international academic partnerships including collaborative educational provision, joint programmes, in-country delivery of GSA programmes, research and knowledge exchange partnerships. Including the development and delivery of “soft” international recruitment activity which focus and build on academic relationships with feeder institutions in line with the GSA’s overall international recruitment strategies; working with schools and departments to develop local international strategies; Thomas has been a visiting Professor at Jilin College of the Arts in Changchun, China, where he worked with the Interactive Media course running collaborative workshops between JCA and the UK. Thomas is the co-founder of the ELIA Internationalisation Platform: PIE. He lives in the Scottish Borders with the artist Michelle de Bruin.