Teaching is my first love in life. I enjoy working with young people to give them the depth of education they need to achieve their dreams, and indeed help form their dreams, in some cases. Working with children of all levels and abilities I have developed a wide range of techniques to make learning feel simple for students.
My main interests have always been technology, mechanisms and electronics, fascinated at the ingenuity of designers and what is possible. I have worked in many jobs that exposed me to a wide range of equipment, situations and expertise, all feeding into my scientific capital that I call on everyday to help convey my message to classes and students alike.
In the mid 1980s I was fascinated by the first home computers and spent many hours learning to code.
In the 1990s I learned to build bicycles, renovate classic VW vans, collect geophysical data and build equipment capable of sampling the water column for rare earth elements.
In the 2000s I became a CAD expert, designed complex machinery and became a science teacher.
In the 2010s I ran a small manufacturing business and continued my teaching journey.
In the 2020's I achieved everything I wanted to achieve in secondary education teaching in a south London school, including launching an innovative material science project that won a Rolls Royce award for sustainability.
Now I am using all these skills to innovate in science and engineering teaching.
