I was awarded a BA Hons in Business Studies at the Polytechnic of Wales (now University of Glamorgan) in 1992, before undertaking a PGCE in Business Education at Sheffield Hallam University in September 1992.

I have taught in secondary schools since achieving qualified teacher status in 1993.  I have held a variety of roles and taught a variety of subjects.  My main subjects have always been ICT and Business Studies.  From 1997 - 2010 I led the ICT and Business Studies Faculty in a large secondary school in West Essex. I took up my post here in the Cass School of Education and Communities in September 2010.

Assistant Editor (Online), "Research in Teacher Education" Journal, Cass School of Education and Communities

I am particularly interested in the huge impact that ICT can have in enhancing the learning of young people.  I am also interested in exploring the use of mobile and other emerging technologies, as a source and tool for enriching and enhancing the learning experience.

With Information and Communication Technology curriculum change a current area of focus in schools, I have researched and am continuing to be interested in how schools are looking to support and facilitate this change and whether digital literacy for example, is something that schools can now successfully deliver across their curriculum.

PGCE and GTP Secondary ICT programme

Research Group Membership:

• I am a member of the Secondary Teacher Research Group, Cass School of Education and Communities, UEL.

Current Research Interests:

• I have currently been conducting some research into the capacity for schools (and their ICT teaching staff) to move away from an ICT curriculum offer and towards delivering a more computing based curriculum.
• I am interested in researching current pupil interest, enjoyment and experience in their ICT study, and their perceptions of its appropriateness and challenge in their learning and progression.
• I am also interested to conduct research with local and partner schools regarding their capability to deliver digital literacy successfully across their curriculum, thus allowing IT departments to concentrate on teaching information technology and computer science.

Publications:

Published book reviews:

• Fautley M, Savage J. (2010) Achieving QTS: Meeting the Professional Standards Framework: Secondary Education Reflective Reader, Exeter, Learning Matters 2010. (Reviewed in “Management in Education” journal, January 2011 (25) Page 42).

• Fautley M, Savage J. (2010) Achieving QTS: Meeting the Professional Standards Framework: Secondary Education Reflective Reader, Exeter, Learning Matters 2010. (Reviewed in “Research in Secondary Education” journal ISSN 2046-12, April 2011).

• Fink D, (2010) The Succession Challenge - Building and Sustaining Leadership Capacity Through Succession Management, Sage Publications.  (Reviewed in "Management in Education" journal, July 2011, Page 31)

Other Activities:

• July and December 2011 - facilitating (in association with colleagues from UEL's School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering), computer science CPD for partner school ICT colleagues.

www.uel.ac.uk/riste