I’m Professor of Computing Education at the University of Roehampton. I run our secondary PGCE in computer science, am head of curriculum and recruitment for the secondary programme, convene wider curriculum for the primary PGCE and supervise masters and doctoral students. I lead on AI for the school of educaiton and am part of the University's AI Development and Innovation Group. I'm the knowledge exchange lead for the school's centre for educational research, and am one of the university's disciplinary officers.

Previously, I was part of our AI working group and the steering group for our new computer science degree. I ran a combined blogging / e-portfolio platform for ITT students, acted as technical lead for the Creative Connections EU Comenius project and worked on an Erasmus+ project promoting academic integrity. My principal research focus is uptake and achievement in computing qualifications. Other professional interests include the pedagogies of computing education, and links between coding and mathematics and digital creativity.

Until 2009, I was head of Alton Convent Prep. In my former post as deputy head of St Ives School, Haslemere, I pioneered the use of Moodle and Elgg in primary education. My work on implementing Moodle was documented as the dissertation for Leicester University’s MBA in Educational Management, and won the 2006 Becta ICT in Practice Award for primary teaching. 

Over the years I have contributed to a number of computing related projects including: the national curriculum computing programmes of study, the CAS / Naace guide to the computing curriculum for primary teachers, training of CAS Master Teachers, Rising Stars Switched on Computing, an e-book on computer science for Microsoft Education, Barefoot Computing, Code Club Pro‘s training materials, BBC Bitesize primary computing resources, QuickStart Computing for the BCS and Microsoft,  CAS TV and Project Quantum, a crowd sourced national assessment item bank for computing, Hello World, a magazine by and for computing and digital making educators, the AI4K12 working group and the Royal Society’s Mathematical Futures project. I chaired the National Centre for Computing Education's academic board.

I give keynotes and run workshops at CPD events in England and abroad. I have a long standing consultancy role with Cambridge University Press and Assessment and have been involved in international curriculum, assessment and professional development projects. 

I’m a chartered fellow of the British Computer Society: I chair the BCS Schools & Colleges Committee: England Computing Education Committee and am an ex officio member of its Academy of Computing Board. I serve on the community and education board of Computing at School. I chaired the academic board of England’s National Centre for Computing Education, and served as a director for the Computer Science Teachers' Association. I’m also a founding fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, a senior fellow of the HEA, a member of the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing, and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, where I am a vice-chair of its education and training committee. I’m accredited as a researcher for the ONS.

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