Education
1986–1990, MA (Hons), Archaeology, Class 2:1, University of Glasgow.
Employment History
01/09/2015 – present, OER Liaison – Open Scotland, (0.8 FTE), Learning, Teaching and Web Services Division, University of Edinburgh.
16/05/2015 – present, Consultant, Open Education, Technology, Policy & Practice, Cetis LLP, http://www.cetis.org.uk/
01/03/2015 – 23/05/2016, Digital Education Manager, (0.6 FTE), EDINA, University of Edinburgh, http://edina.ac.uk/
22/10/2013 – 15/05/2015, Assistant Director, Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards (Cetis), University of Bolton.
01/07/2014 – present, Project Officer, HEDIIP New Subject Coding Scheme Project. Funder: Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme.
01/01/2014 – 31/10/2014, Project Manager, Learning Resource Metadata Initiative. Funder: Creative Commons / Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
01/12/2013 – 30/06/2014, Community Coordinator, Open Knowledge Scotland.
01/08/2013 – 21/10/2013, Consultant, Open Education Technology.
01/08/02 – 31/07/2013, Assistant Director, Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards (CETIS), University of Strathclyde, http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/. Funder: JISC.
15/04/97 – 31/07/13, Senior Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde.
30/04/09 – 31/10/12, Manager, UKOER Technical Support Project. Funder: HEFCE / JISC.
01/11/05 – 30/09/09, Manager, JISC Repositories Research Team. Funder: JISC.
01/01/09 – 31/03/09, Manager, Scottish Qualifications Authority Metadata Application Profiles Consultancy. Funder: SQA.
01/07/05 – 30/11/05, Manager, Pedagogical Vocabularies Project. Funder: JISC.
01/07/01 – 31/12/02, Independent Expert, CEN/ISSS WSLT Taxonomies and Vocabularies Project. Funder: European Committee for Standardization.
01/07/01 – 31/07/02, Coordinator, CETIS Educational Content Special Interest Group. Funder: JISC.
01/04/00 – 01/08/02, Staff Developer, Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde.
01/01/02 – 30/06/02, Research Fellow, DNER and Learning Objects Project. Funder: JISC.
01/12/00 – 30/11/01, External Evaluator, IMS Content Packaging and Management Project. Funder: JISC.
01/04/00 – 30/11/01, Research Fellow, Scottish electronic Staff Development Library Project. Funder: Scottish Higher Education Funding Council ScotCIT Programme.
10/05/00 – 30/06/00, Academic Consultant, ADAPT Programme. Funder: University of the Highlands and Islands Project.
19/10/98 – 31/03/00, Research Fellow, Strathclyde Graduate Business School. Funder: University of Strathclyde Teaching and Learning Methodologies Initiative.
15/04/97 – 16/10/98, Research Assistant, Clyde Virtual University Project, University of Strathclyde. Funder: Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Use of the MANs Initiative.
08/01/96 – 11/04/97, Multimedia Programmer, VOICE Creative Engineering, Glasgow.
01/12/91 – 05/01/96, Material Sciences Technician, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow.
01/08/90 – 30/11/91, Freelance Archaeologist, University of Glasgow, University of Bradford.
Selected Steering & Coordination Groups
01/07/15 – present, Society for Nautical Research, Member of Council
01/06/15 – present, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Education and Outreach Committee
16/04/15 – 20/04/16, OER16 Open Culture Conference, Co-Chair
01/01/15 – present, Chair, Society for Nautical Research, Publications Committee
01/05/14 – present, Open Policy Network
01/03/14 – present, Open Knowledge Foundation Open Education Working Group, Advisory Board
01/10/13 – 30/06/14, Open Knowledge Scotland
01/09/12 – present, ALT Scotland Special Interest Group, Management Team
01/04/06 – 17/03/16, Jorum Steering Group
01/02/06 – 30/09/09, JISC Repositories and Preservation Advisory Group
01/08/02 – 15/05/2015, CETIS Management Team
01/03/02 – 31/07/03, JISC Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Interoperability Pilot Programme Steering Group
Certificates
30/03/2016, ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
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