My first published work was in the Times Educational Supplement sometime in the mid 1990s. Fired up by that I wrote a few more and                     some for my union magazine,                               followed by some little text books                         for First & Best in Education.                                 In those days they produced                                 photocopiable texts, these                                     days they do .pdf. All                                           three are still available,                                     though somewhat out of                                     date.

                                My educational work                                         helped me get a job at                                     Techsoft UK Ltd  where I                                     was support manager for                                     eight years. Back then                                     TechSoft was smaller than it                         is now, and everyone                                 multitasked. My tasks included writing         advertising copy, catalogue bumf, advertorials and training manuals. Quite often it included the photography, illustration and DTP work too!

Since leaving TechSoft I have done some part-time teaching and a little bit of training, though mostly I write. Being in a classroom does give me an insight that some educational writers lack. Anyone can read an Ofsted or Estyn report, I know what goes on in normal classrooms on a day-to-day basis.

In addition to the TES pieces I have also written on educational topics for :

Personal Computer World
Western Mail