About Me

I’m the Technical Projects Officer at a consulting company. This is my public blog. It might be a bit dry unless you’re a geek like me.

In  2007-2010 I worked for Europe’s largest university, The Open University. I supported distance and open learning among students including offender-learners (those in prisons and secure hospitals).

In the past I’ve worked as a health, safety and environmental officer in the privatised nuclear industry, and for five years as a commercial and civil mediator. In the year 2005/6 I carried out 5% of the commercial mediations in the UK. My colleague carried out another 5% and the other 598 or so mediators shared the rest fairly evenly between them. Our team won an award for this.

I have a online journal elsewhere, but this is a place to publish opinion pieces on my areas of expertise, on the ground where they overlap, and on some complete tangents.

I’m the parent of a disabled child. I’m likely to write about the political and practical side of that role here, too.