OPTIONS EDUCATION - Key Persons


David Green

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director / Education Technologist
David Green has been creating online projects for over twenty years, mostly in education and training for the university and private sectors. He combines both technical delivery skills with academic research skills gained from ten years as a researcher into the online teaching of ethics in school science at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol.

Dr. Nigel Newton - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder
  • Head of Research
  • Lecturer
Nigel Newton is a Lecturer in Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University, an educational researcher and consultant. He worked for more than 10 years in post-16 education where he conducted several funded research projects relating to course choice. He holds a PhD in education from the University of Bristol on the topic of students' learning approaches in secondary schools in England. Recently, Nigel coordinated a large research project, based at Cardiff University, on the development of a new curriculum in Wales. He has also published peer review papers on the place of powerful knowledge in the curriculum.