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Dr Jordan Allison

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and the Academic Course Leader for the Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) Degree Apprenticeship and the MSc by Research in Cyber and Technical Computing.

Biography

Dr Jordan Allison is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science in the School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences at University of Gloucestershire. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Educational Computing Research, a premier scholarly journal in the field.

He is the author of many journal articles and conference publications regarding educational computing research and has served on programme committees for computing education conferences, as well as being a member of editorial boards of scholarly journals.

Dr Allison also serves on the committee of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS), and he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and a member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Qualifications

  • PhD Technical and Applied Computing, University of Gloucestershire, 2022
  • MBA Business Administration, University of Gloucestershire, 2017
  • BA (Hons) Business Management (Economics), University of Gloucestershire, 2015

Teaching & Research

Teaching

Teaching and leading modules on a range of courses, including MSc Cyber Security, BSc Cyber Security, and the Digital Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship. Particularly management and research related modules such as Information Security Management, Strategic Business and IT Management, and Research Methods for Computing. Also, supervision for post-graduate research degrees.

Research

Dr Allison’s research has largely focused on computing and cyber security education within the further and higher and education sector. He has published over 20 articles across several leading international journals and conferences such as SIGCSE, Koli Calling, ITiCSE, and WiPSCE.

Dr Allison was the principal investigator for the research project titled ‘Stakeholder perceptions for integrating simulation-based learning within higher education institutions for the teaching of computer networking and security’ and more recently the principal investigator for the research project titled ‘Enhancing Employability in Computer Science Education: A Comprehensive Examination of Employability Skills, Perspectives, and Priorities’. Additionally, he has reviewed for scholarly journals such as the Journal of Further and Higher Education, and the Journal of Education for Business, and has served on the programme committee for conferences such as SIGCSE Virtual and UKICER.

 

Publications

More publications from Dr Jordan Allison can be found in the Research Repository.

External responsibilities

  • Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Educational Computing Research (JECR)
  • Committee Member for the C&G Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS)
  • External Examiner BA (Hons) Professional Development at Petroc College

Subject for media interview

  • Cyber Security and Computing Education
  • Educational Computing Research
  • Degree Apprenticeships