I am the Dean of Education and Student Experience for the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering, which means I work with the four schools of the College on matters affecting taught programmes and students. I am a member of the Senior Education Leadership Team of the University, I sit on College Board for PSE, and I chair the College Education and Student Experience Committee.
My teaching philosophy is very much a continual work in progress because I believe that one of the most important parts of being a professional is a commitment to a continual reflective cycle of improvement. I am always learning more about what I do. Reflecting on that and considering what impact it has on my role as a teacher and what I do in the classroom is one of the key parts of my role.
I had significant input into the project that created the Data Science Academy.
In the recent past I was the Director of Learning and Teaching in the School. Before that I was Deputy DLT, and spent a lot of time focused on Postgraduate students, working as the chair of the Postgraduate Operations Team, Senior Personal Tutor for Taught Postgraduate students, and the Student Rep Coordinator for the postgrad Student-Staff Panel.
I’m the MSc Programme Leader for the MSc in Computational and Data Journalism, a joint course between the School of Computer Science & Informatics and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture here at Cardiff University, a programme I co-designed.
I have significant experience of programme and module design and development, having been involved in many programme developments and redevelopments, most of which have been through a smooth approval process, and some of which have been commended for their quality by the University’s quality and approval panels.
I am currently an external examiner for Nottingham University, for their MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science with Business, MSc Cyber Physical Systems, MSc Data Science and MSc Human Computer Interaction programmes.
I am a member of the Governing body of two local primary schools. For one of these Schools I serve as the Curriculum Development Governor, working with pupils and staff on the implementation of the Curriculum for Wales 2022.
Current Teaching
Autumn Semester
My only Autumn semester teaching is now the harmonisation ‘lab’ seminars between JOMEC and COMSC to help students on the CompJ programme make sense of how what they’re learning in both schools ties together.
Spring Semester
I am Module Leader for Data Visualisation (CMT218), a core module for MSc Data Science and Analytics which is also an optional module for several of the other MSc programmes.
I also co-teach the Digital Investigation (MCT542) module on MSc Computational and Data Journalism.
Past Teaching
Details of my past teaching can be found on the past teaching page