relevant dates | work done |
2023 – now |
Refocusing on
RegenCHOICE |
2015 – 2018 |
External advisor to Erasmus+ "MyLK" project
in the area of portfolios, skills and competence.
|
2014 |
Conceived and delivered prototype of new approach to collaborative development of ideas and careers, provisionally called SEE-SAW |
2011 – 2013 |
Leader of European Expert team writing an information model and bindings for
InLOC: Integrating Learning Outcomes and Competences.
|
2009 – 2010 |
Member of 4-person European Expert team writing guidelines and a European Standard (EN 15981) for
European Learner Mobility.
|
2008 – 2010 |
Information systems lead on HEFCE-funded employer engagment HE5P project with
Centre for Recording
Achievement (Higher Education, Employee and Employer Engagement through E-Portfolios).
|
2008 – 2009 |
Managed two rounds of Portfolio InterOperability Projects
for CETIS and JISC, resulting in the
LEAP2A specification.
|
2007 – 2009 |
Wrote book Electronic Portfolios: Personal information, personal development and personal values, published in 2009 by Chandos, now an imprint of Elsevier.
(Full text available here) |
2007 – 2008 |
Worked on ioNW2 project investigating representation of National Occupational Standards
and related skills and competencies. |
2000 – 2001 |
Part of team conceiving, formulating, specifying and starting to develop
a radically new software product range, based on CHOICE,
combining human information and technical insights
for start-up company (on a venture equity basis). Lack of support, post 9/11, led to disbanding by 2002.
|
2001 |
Delivered e-business strategy advice to 27 small businesses under a
contract from Business Link Merseyside, under the scheme which was known as
UKOnlineforbusiness.
|
1997 – 2000 |
LUSID: a
Government-commissioned development project for
recording and profiling student employability skills,
along with evidence and achievements.
Joint author of the ideas; chief information architect
and interaction designer, managed IT systems development.
|
1997 – 1999 |
E-commerce course authoring and development for
Connect,
the Internet Centre for Merseyside Business.
Researched e-commerce and developed a pioneering course
single-handed.
|
1996 – 1999 |
Developed prototype of CHOICE, a two-way matching program
initially imagined for commercial exploitation.
|
1991 |
Worked as part of a team at Loughborough University building
an innovative interface for BT Research Labs.
Involved generating ideas and implementing them in PostScript.
|
1974 |
During "gap" year worked for the Ordnance Survey effectively
doing small consultancy jobs for the Deputy Director, Planning and Development. |
relevant dates | work done |
2024 – now |
retired from paid work, focusing on Knowledge Commons and
RegenCHOICE |
2015 – 2024 |
Co-founder and Partner, Cetis LLP,
a co-operative Limited Liability Partership taking forward the
work of CETIS. Major responsibility for administration and accounting. |
2008 – 2015 |
University of Bolton,
(as was) Institute for Educational Cybernetics,
majority time post as Senior Researcher and Learning Technology Advisor,
e-portfolio, for JISC-CETIS. |
1999 – now |
Self-employed information systems consultant. |
1996 – 1999 |
Connect,
University of Liverpool
(was part of the Department of Computer Science):
lecturer: research; writing and
delivering training courses to business and unemployed. |
1994 – 1996 |
European Commission Joint Research Centre,
Ispra, Italy: post-doctoral researcher in cognitive science. |
1991 – 1994 |
City University:
Lecturer in Business Computing.
Taught human-computer interaction (author of undergraduate module);
systems analysis and design principles.
Administered admissions for the department's main MSc course. |
1978 – 1986 |
Teaching physics, maths etc.;
also self-employed as tutor and hypnotherapist. |
relevant dates | qualifications and institution |
1987 – 1991 |
PhD, University of Strathclyde,
"Modelling cognitive aspects of complex control tasks".
In Computer Science department, supervised by a psychologist,
worked alongside AI researchers. |
1987 |
Post-Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, Bristol Polytechnic:
distinction (top in year).
Subjects included systems analysis and design,
programming, management. |
1977 – 1978 |
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
(for secondary school physics teaching),
University of Oxford. |
1974 – 1977 |
BA Physics and Philosophy, University of Oxford |
1969 – 1974 |
Scholar at Winchester College (secondary education) |