3. APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Department of Design and Innovation, Faculty of Technology, OU. 2000 -
Lecturer, Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University. 1984-2000
Teacher of Art, Design and Technology, Birmingham Education Authority. 1983-84
Self-employed furniture craftsman and Youth Supervisor / Instructor, Leics. 1981-82
Assistant Design Development Manager, Reality Furniture, St Helens, Lancs. 1980

4. THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

T211 Design and Designing (60 points)
Production Course Team Chair and author 2001-04
Presentation Course Team Chair including monitoring 2004-

T183 Design and the Web. (10 points), 2002 -
Course Team member, ECA co-ordination

T204 Design Principles and Practice (60 points) 2001-03
Course Team member, exam board and monitor

T302 Innovation, Design, Environment and Strategy (60 points) 2000-
Summer school course director and creativity module leader

T173 Engineering the Future, Open University (30 points) 2001 -
Co-author: Block 2.

T801 MSc
Dissertation examiner 2003

5. LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

BA/BSc Industrial Design and Technology.
Programme Leader 1997-2000
Modules leader and year group tutor (various) 1986-2000

6. RESEARCH

Research interests focus on (i) design representations, (ii) computer supported collaborative designing, and (iii) the design process. Recent proposal 'Creative working and design' to i10, HEFCE funded East of England Innovation consortium. External research support includes:

£ 4,975 Arts and Humanities Research Board, 2001
Equipment and Research
£ 3,000 Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation 2001
‘Design process innovation in Japan’
£ 2000 The British Council 1998
Research visit to Canada
£ 11,500 Loughborough University 1998
‘Using design graduates in small & medium-sized enterprises’
£ 27,000 Loughborough University. 1992
‘Designing and Remote Communication’.
£ 190,000 SERC/DTI 1988-92
‘Establishing the Communicational Requirements of IT Systems that Support Humans Collaborating Remotely’
£ 2000 NSEAD 1987
Research Bursary for project ‘Drawing and Designing’.

7. POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

Supervisor PhD students, Iestyn Jowers and Miguel Prats 2002 -05

8. EXTERNAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

External Postgraduate Examining
MA ‘Drawing as Process’, Kingston University. 2002-05
MSc ‘Innovation’, Huddersfield University. 2002-05

PhD/MPhil examining
PhD, School of Design, Coventry University (external) 2002 & 1999
PhD, Dept. of Computer Studies, Loughborough (internal) 1998
M.Phil, Dept. of Computer Studies, Loughborough (internal) 1992

External Undergraduate Examiner
BA/BSc Industrial/Product Design, Luton University. 1999-02
BA Design and Technology, Goldsmiths College (Univ. London). 1993-96
Complimentary Studies Programme, DeMontfort University. 1989-93

Chief External Examiner
BA Design & Technology, King Alfred’s College, Winchester 1991-94

Other External Academic Activities
Drawing Power briefing, Education Guardian 2003
Panel review member, validation of BA Design programme, Falkirk College (OUVS) 2003
The Big Draw, The Royal Institution. A one-day drawing workshop, November 2002
The Big Draw, The British Museum. A one-day drawing workshop, October 2002
A-level examiner Oxford, Cams and RSA (OCR) Exam Board (Design & Technology). 2001 - 02
Member Education Advisory Board: ‘Drawing Power’, National Campaign for Drawing. 2000 -
Member steering committee for ‘TRACEY’, an electronic journal of drawing research. 2000 -
Member of National Society for Education in Art and Design. 2000 -
Member of the Drawing Research Network in UK universities. 2000 -
Founder and Co-Manager, JISC mail electronic discussion list ‘Drawing-Research’. 2000 -

9. OTHER INFORMATION

Drawing Research Network website manager and co-ordinator 2003-
‘Best presentation’ award CAADRIA'02, Kuala Lumpur 2002
Probationary Advisor, two academic staff at Loughborough University 1991-2000
Teaching secondment Singapore, Tamasek Polytechnic 1990-91
Teaching secondment Hong Kong, Swire School of Design. 1996

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