Faculty Learning Technology Leads and Learning Technologists

Meet the Faculty Learning Technology Leads and Learning Technologists.

The Digital Education teams are proud to work incredibly closely with our colleagues who are Faculty based, sharing knowledge and more importantly shared experiences.

Faculty Learning Technology Leads (FLTLs)

Abbi Shaw

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Arts and Humanities)

Abbi joined UCL in July 2020. Previously a Learning Technologist at St. Mary’s University, Abbi is a Fellow of the HEA, and a CMALT assessor (with a CMALT specialism in fostering Digital Confidence). Abbi is particularly fond of Moodle, and quite excessively enjoys designing solutions and workflows in available platforms.

Outside higher education, Abbi has continuously run online businesses since 1998, cultivating the belief that effective digital design (commercial, pedagogical or recreational) is led by the intended audience and outcome alike.

Robbie Macaulay

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Bartlett, Built Environment)

Robbie started at UCL in 2010 and has worked for the Departments of Greek and Latin, German, Scandinavian Studies, Italian, the Ear Institute, Computer Science, ICH, Office for International Affairs, CenTras, SELCS, Clinical Educational and Health Psychology and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His current role as Faculty Learning Technology Lead entails Faculty-level coordination of learning technology support to ensure that effort and expertise is guided, deployed and cascaded to best effect to departmental teams.

Neil Roberts

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Brain Sciences)

Neil has been working at UCL since 2003 - starting off at what is now the Ear Institute working as an AV Technician to support teaching. He specialised in filming and producing head and neck surgery footage for trainee surgeons.

Anna Trostnikova

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Engineering Sciences)

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Anna joined UCL in February 2020 and has since then worked with the Faculty of Engineering. Anna is a trained teacher, holding a PhD in Drama and Theatre which enables her to understand the demand on academics and can support them based on her experiences from an academic perspective and learning technologist. She became interested in learning technology whilst working in the charity sector.

Kathleen Alston-Cole

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Engineering Sciences)

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Kat joined the Faculty of Engineering in 2022, previously she worked as a Programme Administrator for an MSc within the Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare. Kat has worked in Higher Education since 2015 holding a mixture of event management and administrative roles. She enjoys all aspects of Moodle, particularly finding activities which increase student engagement with module materials. With degrees in Humanities subject, she can analyse a situation from several perspectives and find the best solution, with backups at the ready!

Tim Neumann

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (IOE)

Tim is a Lecturer in Education and Technology at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, where he leads the IOE Learning Technologies Unit at the UCL Knowledge Lab. With experience as a learning technology consultant in further education and remote organisational learning, Tim has participated in research and consultancy projects on e-assessment, online collaboration, learning design, and academic development. His background as a sound engineer and media producer adds expertise in large-scale events, mass participation, web conferencing, communication, and online pedagogy. Tim teaches IOE postgraduate modules online, providing a practical perspective to his role as the IOE Faculty Learning Technology Lead.

Michael Veale

Acting Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Laws)

Michael is Associate Professor and Vice-Dean (Education Innovation) in the Faculty of Laws. His expertise sits at the intersection of computer science and information law, consdiering issues of fundamental rights amidst advanced data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and encrypted computation.

Janice Kiugu

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Life Sciences)

Richard Osborne

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Mathematical and Physical Sciences)

Richard, who joined UCL in August 2020, brings over 30 years of diverse experience in business and education, including the defence industry, management consultancy, web design/development, and both secondary and higher education. He holds a BSc in Psychology from UCL, a Masters in User Experience from the Open University, and a PGCE in Secondary Science and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Exeter. Richard has extensive teaching experience across various levels and contexts, with a special interest in authentic assessment and its connection to the workplace. His research focuses on ecological approaches to educational technology, particularly the concept of affordance, and the potential of digital spaces to create unique learning experiences.

Taylor Bennie

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Medical Sciences)

Sean Gainford

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Population Health Sciences)

With a background in skilled manual labour, construction management, educational awarding bodies, charities, the Arts, corporate enterprise and entrepreneurship, information technology, e-learning and instructional design, you can basically ask him questions on anything, and even if he doesn't know the answers, he will always be polite, wise and often humorous in his response.

Fiona Harvey

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Social and Historical Sciences)

Fiona has over twenty years of experience in education, having worked as an IT Lecturer and in higher education as an Education Developer and Leader of Digital Education, where she supports staff and students in developing digital literacy skills. She has been involved in national online learning initiatives, including creating and leading the Students as Champions (iChamps) program, open badges, and ePortfolios. From 2014 to 2017, she served as President of the Association of Learning Technology. Fiona has completed all her degrees online, earning a BSc in Psychology from Derby, an MSc in Digital Education from Edinburgh, and is currently pursuing a PhD in e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning from Lancaster University.

Departmental Learning Technologists

Ian Calder

Learning Technologist (School of Management)

Ian is the Learning Technologist based within the UCL School of Management and provides support for academic and professional services colleagues in the development of online learning activities and resources. Ian is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ahmed Atteyeh

Learning Technologist (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)

Ahmed is a Faculty Learning Technologist based within the Engineering Sciences Faculty Office and provides support for academic and professional services colleagues in the development of online learning activities and resources.