Who are we

The Centre for Computing Science Education brings together academics, researchers and students across the University, particularly the Schools of Computing Science, Education, Psychology and Business, as well as those outside, including industry, the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and Education Scotland. 

The Centre blends activities in research, practice and policy.  Staff in the Centre led the development of the Scottish CS curriculum and advised on the qualifications for CS, covering all school ages from 3-18.  A team of PhD students are investigating particular areas of CS education, from early years learning through to tertiary education, considering both the underlying cognitive processes required in learning CS as well as practical pedagogical techniques.  We have developed good relationships with teachers and Education Scotland over the years, through collaborative professional development programmes for school teachers, and this connection with practice ensures that our research work is appropriately focussed.

Members' tiles are colour coded according to the department/school they are based as follows:

School of Computing Science School of Education School of Psychology & Neuroscience School of Physics and Astronomy Academic ServicesScience and Engineering Administration

Quintin Cutts

Professor Quintin Cutts

Professor in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Centre for Computing Science Education.

Joseph Maguire

Dr Joseph Maguire

Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of Glasgow with research interests in usable security, privacy and education.

Dr Matthew Barr

Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing Science with research interests in the theory and practice of higher education, game-based learning, student employability and graduate attributes.

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Dr Syed Waqar Nabi

Lecturer in School of Computing Science with research interests in High-Performance, Heterogeneous, and Scientific Computing.

Derek Somerville

Mr Derek Somerville

Lecturer in the School of Computer Science teaching on the Graduate Apprenticeship programme and several Software Engineering and programming modules.

Dr Mireilla Bikanga Ada

Lecturer in the School of Computing Science with interest in Transition to CS (undergraduate and postgraduate CS education research), Active learning in CS education (Flipped classroom, modified Team-Based Learning), technology-enhanced learning, educational technology development, learning analytics, student affective states and game-based learning.

Dr Alistair Morrison

Lecturer in the School of Computing Science with research interests in mobile HCI, large-scale user trials, data visualisation, and issues surrounding trust and transparency in data gathering systems.

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Dr Oana M Andrei

Lecturer in the School of Computing Science with research interests in formal methods, data-driven modelling and automatics reasoning for interactive systems.

Dr Maria Kallia

Lecturer in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow with main research interests in teaching and learning computer programming, participation in computer science, theory development, and CS teachers' professional development.

Dr Jeremy Singer

Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing Science with research interests in programming languages and programming education.

Dr Steve Draper

Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology with research interests in the theory and practice of higher education, especially technology enhanced learning.

Dr Eric Yao

Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow with research interests in physics education.

Dr Sarah Honeychurch

Good Practice Advisor with the University of Glasgow's Academic Services

Niall Barr

Senior Learning Technology Developer with the Science & Engineering College Academic & Student Administration team at the University of Glasgow with research interests in interoperability formats for education, using technology to support teaching and learning, and efficient development of educational software using generative programming.

Toni Scullion

Toni Scullion is computing teacher, founder of dressCode and co-founder of Ada Scot, now participating in the CCSE as a STACS Project Co-Leader

Brendan McCart

Brendan is a computing teacher with over 30 years of experience, now participating in the CCSE as a STACS Project Co-Leader

Dr Jack Parkinson

Research Associate in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow investigating the relationship between computing science and spatial ability.

Mrs Fionnuala Johnson

Lecturer in the School of Computing Science.

Nicola Looker

Research student in the School of Computing exploring programming problem solving practice and teacher education

Sultanah Abdullah A Albakri

Research student in the School of Computing Science exploring student performance and engagement in introductory computing.

Ohud Alasmari

Research student in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow supervised by Jeremy Singer.

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Anaclara Gerosa

Research student in the School of Computing Science exploring how grounded learning experiences scaffold the conceptual learning of computer science concepts for preschool and primary children

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Anna Sollazzo

Research student in the School of Computing Science looking at computing education in the Digital Humanities.

Sadiq Atumeyi Sule

Research student in the School of Computing Science looking at broadening participation in Computing Science.

Katharine Childs

Research student in the School of Computing Science looking at broadening participation in Computing Science.

Honorary and Visiting Members

Dr Sebastian Dziallas

Dr Sebastian Dziallas

Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Computing Science with research interests in graduate outcomes and student identity, especially with regard to student experiences in higher education and individual learning trajectories.

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Dr Leo Porter

Leo Porter is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego.  He is best known for his research on the impact of Peer Instruction in computing courses, the use of clicker data to predict student outcomes, and the development of the Basic Data Structures Concept Inventory.

Peter Donaldson

Mr Peter Donaldson

Former lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow with research interests in early year experiences and secondary education curriculum.

Past Members

Vic Lalley

Professor Victor Lally

Professor in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Learning Education Technology and Society.

Bandar Alzahrani

Formerly a research assistant in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow investigating work-based learning for software engineering.

Tom Wallis

Former lecturer in the School of Computing Science affiliated with the Graduate Apprenticeship in Software Engineering programme.

Maria Evangelopoulou

Former lecturer with research interests in Interactive Learning, Gamification and Serious games, Game development for cyber, Cyber education, Cyber Security, Cyber Situational Awareness, Intrusion detection and prevention, threat intelligence & threat hunting, Digital Forensics, Malware, Machine learning, Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems (ICS).

Lovisa Sundin

PhD Graduate investigating graphical techniques representing cognitive aspects of statistical procedures and programming.

Ethel Tshukudu

PhD Graduate investigating improving programming skills for the school to university pipeline using comprehension-based pedagogy.

Elizabeth Cole

PhD Graduate investigating early developmental experiences in computational thinking.

Noha Alharbi

PhD Graduate investigating the feasibility and impact of introduction of Scottish computing science curriculum in primary school at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Ohud Alasmari

PhD Graduate investigating the use of online tutorial systems.