Emeritus Professor
In my professional life, I have travelled widely, providing educational consultancy in South America, Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as most countries in Europe for governments and other agencies such as the United Nations and the British Council.
Teaching and supervision
I teach on the secondary professional year, providing the keynote lecture in the learning and teaching series. I supervise a number of Doctoral students working on topics such as:
- Working relationships between academic and administrative staff within the Faculty of Education and Society
- The role of empathy through storytelling in young driver road safety education
- Educating and training tomorrow’s police workforce today and today’s police workforce for tomorrow
- But sir my agent told me: establishing the practice of University of Sunderland agents in India, leading to the recommendation of improved practice
Research interests for potential research students
My main research interests are web-based learning, management of education, competence-based assessment in higher education, and quality assurance and enhancement in compulsory and higher education.
My academic career started as a Research Psychologist in Staffordshire before training as a teacher and gaining my PGCE. I began teaching in a large Merseyside comprehensive school, later moving to a school in Cambridgeshire. Initially, I taught biology and science to O level and biology to A level. I later included maths, computing and IT, becoming Head of Computer Science in the mid-eighties. I rose to Senior Teacher, in charge of the curriculum and pastoral arrangements for forms 3-5 (now years 9-11).
I then moved to the University of Cambridge, teaching on their PGCE and researching schemes of Achievement Recording. I developed the UK's first International Student Centred Review scheme which operated around the world, including Europe, Asia and South America.
I then moved to the University of Cambridge, teaching on their PGCE and researching schemes of Achievement Recording. I developed the UK's first International Student Centred Review scheme which operated around the world, including Europe, Asia and South America.