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JOHN L. ERRINGTON
BRIARDENE, o LONGRIDGE ROAD, o BLAYDON BURN, o TYNE & WEAR o NE21 6JN
PHONE 0191 413 3503 o
E-MAIL john.errington@unn.ac.uk     - or -       john.errington@lineone.net

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
· BTEC HNC IT Applications                                                1998 to 1999
·European Computer Driving Licence                                 1998 to 1999
· Certificate in Education (CNAA)                                        1986 to 1988
· M. Sc. (CNAA) Advanced Experimental Physics             1980 to 1984
(with commendation)
· B. Sc. (CNAA) Physical Electronics                                   1975 to 1980
(with distinction)
· City and Guilds of London  F. T. C. ( 281 )                         1972 to 1974
in Electronics  (with distinction)
· Member of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist (C Phys) 
· Member of the BCS  Object-Oriented Programmers Society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
      Post     Employer      Period
· Senior Lecturer (FT & PT) University of Northumbria     1989 to date
· Lecturer                 University of Northumbria        1985 to 1989
· Chief Technician Newcastle Polytechnic                 1979 to 1985
· Technician    Rutherford College of Technology        1968 to 1975
· Junior Technician  Newcastle University                 1967 to 1968

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Marital status:  Married (2 children)
Nationality:      British
Date of birth:    17 December 1946    

AREAS OF SPECIALISM
Development, organisation, and presentation of high quality teaching materials.   Appraisal and assessment; Microcomputer programming in assembly language, Pascal and C/C++; Applications of IT; Microcontrollers and Instrumentation; Computer aided learning and distance learning.

MANAGERIAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
I was until recently Route Leader for the Department's Higher National Diploma programmes in Electrical Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering, having been promoted to this responsibility after serving as admissions tutor, year tutor and common skills co-ordinator.  During this time I successfully initiated and managed a franchised course at Carlisle College, which involved co-ordination of course management teams at both sites, and certification of comparability of standards.  I completed documentation to support a successful application for the course to be accredited by the IEEIE.
I was chosen to be a member of the University's register of auditors and assessors, and have been involved with the validation of courses from HND level to MSc level.
Prior to my engagement as a lecturer I progressed from technician to chief technician, in charge of three technicians, and responsible for the operation of the Departments microcomputer teaching resources.  This included management of the section budget for consumable equipment, involving setting stocking levels, stock auditing and ordering components.   I also studied part-time for my City & Guilds Full Technological Certificate, Degree and MSc.

TEACHING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As senior lecturer I have taught students at all levels within my fields of expertise from first year HND students, up to a final year unit of Microprocessor Systems in the MSc. Advanced Experimental Physics programme, and in most cases marks for my units exceed the year group average.  Quality auditing procedures require lecturers to gather feedback about their units, both by peer appraisal and by questionnaires to the students.  I was very pleased with the response from students in Electronics 2, who showed a satisfaction level better than 75% across all questions.  I also received very complimentary peer reviews.
I taught BTEC Common Skills, and Information Technology, and have developed a real interest in training, which has led me to publish in these areas.
In my role as lecturer I was personal tutor for students in all our programmes of study.   This required me to be a good listener, to be non-judgemental, and for students to respect me as someone they could trust with their confidence.  Our tutoring regulations allowed students to change tutor without prejudice, and I am pleased that in twelve years not one of my tutees has made this choice.
Final year projects I have supervised include:
Use of an IBM PC for Electroencephalography, in collaboration with Medical Physics staff at the local hospitals. (several BEng projects over four years)
Design, prototyping and arranging for manufacture of a portable system for piloting a moling drill (MSc AEP project, by part-time student working for British Gas).
Position monitoring of a tank turret, and virtual reality simulation of a battletank environment, by students working for Vickers.  (Details subject to Official Secrets Act)
Two of my three project students for 1997 gained marks in excess of 70%, and one achieved a first class degree overall.  The third gained an upper second class degree.   As you can see, these projects have involved working closely with the student, and also with their industrial supervisors, and ensuring security of information.
In addition to my teaching commitments I have a continuing interest in distance learning systems, and produced the University's first hypertext materials to support learning in Microprocessor systems in 1992, using GUIDE.  I also produced a hypertext tutorial package and series of notes about effective distance learning. These were forwarded to our Education support unit (EDS) for general use throughout the University.  In 1995 for my work in these areas I was awarded a prize for innovative teaching and assessment.

RECENT EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Abrahams & Co.,  Brama-Teams Glassworks:
Design and installation of computer control and interface equipment for electroplating plant.
Track 2 Computers:
Design and prototype evaluation of a system to allow a Winchester disk drive to be used by a mainframe computer, using a SCSI interface.
SITG:  (Working under requirements of ISO 9001) Short courses on:
PC-based Instrumentation (for Northern Electrical Industries)
Microcomputer fault-finding for Engineers   (for Searle Pharmaceuticals)
Procedural C and C++ for Engineers

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE SEPT 1996
Attended UNN Assessment Conference at Longhirst September 3 - 6 '96
Attended IOP Network conference at Leeds September 26 '96
Attended & presented paper (Portfolios & self-assessment of Common Skills... ) at
Engineering Skills Gap Conference at Hatfield 20 November  '96
1997:
Presented staff development seminar for Education Development Service
(Portfolios & self-assessment ... ) 19 February 1997
Attended Netskills training course at Newcastle U. 26 June 1997
Poster presentation "A model for the development of IT skills in Engineering ..."
presented at IDATER conference at Loughborough in Sept 1997
1998-99 Attended HNC and ECDL courses at Newcastle College

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
I enjoy looking after my five-year-old twins John and Megan. Keeping two horses and maintaining a smallholding of 2.5 acres with my 1953 Ferguson tractor take up most of my remaining spare time, and I also enjoy gardening.  A student project on a bat detector led me to develop a keen interest in bats, and I am now a member of the Durham bat group, and maintain a web site providing information about their activities.

REFERENCES
Prof. A. Sambell
Head of Department of Engineering
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Ellison Place,
Newcastle- on Tyne
NE1 8ST

Dr D. Smith
Head of Division of Electronics
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Ellison Place,
Newcastle- on Tyne
NE1 8ST

Angela Williams
Head of Division of Engineering IT
Newcastle College
Rye Hill Campus
Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7SA

Prof J. Wilson
Dean of Faculty
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Ellison Place,
Newcastle- on Tyne
NE1 8ST

Dr. I. Robinson
BTEC External Examiner
School of Engineering I.T.
Sheffield Hallam University
Pond Street
Sheffield S1 1WB

Dr. W. G. Allen
Wynchwood
8, Neale Close
Weston Favell,
Northampton
NN3 3DB