Pete Bradshaw

Pete is Head of Qualification for the Masters in Education at The Open University and is based in Milton Keynes. He works on a range of modules including those in curriculum, CPD and leadership and management. Until 2011 he was part of the Vital team, working on new ways of providing CPD in ICT. For three years (2009-11) he has been part of the ITTE team evaluating the TDA involvement in the BBC News School Report project.He is also a working member of the Computing at School association and is keen to develop the link between ICT ITE and Computing.

He was previously a Principal Lecturer and the School of Education's Standards and Quality Manager at Nottingham Trent University and led the Applied ICT PGCE strand. Prior to working at NTU, Pete was a member of staff at Ultralab (1998-2005), working on a range of e-learning projects including those with the NCSL Leadership Programmes, and was programme leader for the online cohort of the MA Education. Before this he was a teacher of ICT in secondary schools and colleges and an advisory teacher for Dorset LEA.

Pete undertook a PhD in student perception of ICT and its assessment at 16, submitted in 2011 (examination pending). His scholarly activity also includes CPD, professional identity and the use of ICT and technology in learning. His staff profile is found at http://fels-staff.open.ac.uk/p.r.bradshaw