Twenty-four years writing user guides and technical manuals for computer systems. Experience of training materials, help screens, management presentations, brochures, company and product outlines, system specifications, bid proposals.
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Three months training Fire Brigade personnel to use computer Command and Control systems. Three months writing training materials for banking applications.

Six months as part-time tutor at Portsmouth University; one year as research assistant, investigating the possibilities of using mental model research in the design of virtual worlds.
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PhD (part-time, in progress). Currently researching a pragmatic model of the design process in architecture.
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MSc Advanced Information Technology. This was a taught course that included: technical writing skills, user interface design, hypermedia, system and network concepts, C programming, office system technologies, knowledge-based systems, management concepts.
Dissertation: applying learning styles research to user guides/online help.
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BA (Hons) Philosophy and Greek Studies, with German and Astronomy
'A' levels: English, French.
'O' levels: English language, English literature, French, Spanish, Latin, Maths, Pure Maths, Chemistry, Geography, General Studies