Education

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PhD, Design and UX of Domain-specific Programming Platforms

University of Helsinki

2020-2024

Grade: Distinction (awarded to top <10% of dissertations)

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Masters, Computer Science Education

University of Canterbury

2019

Grade: Distinction

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Graduate Diploma, Education

Victoria University of Wellington

2006

Full Registration New Zealand Teachers Council N.O. 304917

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University of Canterbury & Massey University / B.Mus (Hons)

2006

Awards

> University of Helsinki (2023) – paid doctoral researcher position (competitive 6-month funding to complete thesis)

> Master’s Distinction Grade (2019) University of Canterbury

> Master’s thesis Scholarship (2018) University of Canterbury 

> Curriculum Implementation in Computer Science Scholarship (2016) – Sponsored by Signal and Canterbury University

> Winner of University of Canterbury’s Summer Startup Programme 2016/2017 – Competition programme with over 30 startups involved

> Innovators’ Summer Start-Up Scholarship at UC centre of Entrepreneurship (2016)  Sponsored by Sheffield executive recruitment

> EDEM665 Teaching Computer Programming Scholarship from Canterbury University December (2015)

Certifications

> Education Redesign: Building a New Model for All February 2018 online course. Completed a course held by Harvard Graduate School of Education Online Programs on understanding the opportunities and barriers to designing a new system for 21st century learning. Taught by the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab http://edredesign.org/ professor Paul Reville. Click here to see my certificate of completion.

> Harvard University (edX) / Certificate in Computer Science (CS50) September 2015 - January 2016. License Number: b5dfa6e4fb0a429ab5653347105acccf. Certification URL: here.