
Independent Computer Software Professional
Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Independent Computer Software Professional
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Recently retired to Bournemouth after 28 years as a university lecturer in computing.
Only academic work I'm doing at the moment is supervising three MSc students for the Open University per year.
Have recently completed a report on converting a cost calculator from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Access for Loughborough University of Technology.
Now enjoying my retirement as a dance host with the Saga Shipping Company, Voyages of Discovery (VoD) and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines (FOCL) cruising to the Mediterranean, the Canaries, the Caribbean, the Baltic and the Atlantic & Indian Oceans.
Databases: Analysis, Design & Implementation in Microsoft Access & Oracle SQL.
Spreadsheets: Analysis, Design & Implementation in Microsoft Excel & Lotus 1-2-3.
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE): BlackBoard & Moodle.
Programming: Prolog.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 1978 — Present (30 years 9 months)
Currently supervising 3 MSc students on course M801.
Previously teaching on courses:
* S101 Science foundation course,
* M352 Computer based Information Systems,
* M353 Programming & Programming Languages,
* PMT600 Software Engineering,
* PMT601 Computer Architectures & Operating Systems,
* M860 Software Engineering,
* T401 Technology Project,
* DM862 Intensive Prolog,
* DM871 Intelligent Systems: Analysis & Design
* M866 Relational Databases,
* M868 Object Oriented Programming with Smalltalk,
* M879 Distributed systems & e-Commerce,
* M801 MSc Project,
* T802 MSc Project.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1987 — August 2006 (19 years)
I worked at the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) which was founded in 1772 at Woolwich. In 1946 it moved to Shrivenham on the Oxfordshire / Wiltshire border. In 1984 Cranfield Institute of Technology (CIT, now Cranfield University) won the first in a series of contracts to provide the academic service at the College. It became the Defence College of Management & Technology (DCMT), which is part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (DAUK), in 2002.
My roles included:
Teaching & Research: Databases, Knowledge Bases, Knowledge Management Systems (KMS)
Administration: Academic Leader for MSc courses in Design of Information Systems (DIS) and Knowledge Management Systems (KMS).
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2001 — August 2005 (4 years)
Quality Assurance (QA) Inspections
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2000 — August 2003 (3 years)
Quality Assurance (QA) Inspections
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1981 — August 1987 (6 years)
Teaching, Research & Administration
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1978 — August 1981 (3 years)
Teaching, Research & Administration
MSc , Geography , 1975 — 1978
Demonstrator
Resident Tutor, Barnes Hall
Member Computer Policy Committee
BSc , First Class Honours in Geography & Geology , 1972 — 1975
Tennant Exhibitioner
Sambrooke Exhibitioner
Wooldridge Prizewinner
Geography, Mathematics, Physics 1965 — 1972
1 'S' level - Distinction
4 'A' levels - A, B, B, D
12 'O' levels.
Computing, Dancing, Walking, Cycling
Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)
Chartered Information Technology Practictioner (CITP)
BSc with First Class Honours, King's College London, UK
MSc, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
Sambrooke exhibitioner
Wooldridge prizewinner
Tennant exhibitioner