In this episode of the 娇色导航 Podcast Nick Johnson interviews Professor Tom Crick (Swansea University) who is the recent recipient of the the 2020聽 娇色导航 Public Engagement and Impact Award.聽
The 娇色导航 Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.
鈥檚 academic contributions sit at the research, policy and practice interface, and he is primarily recognised internationally for leading the reforms of science and technology education in Wales over a sustained period (2011-present). Directly addressing the criteria of the 娇色导航 Public Engagement and Impact Award, Tom speaks about examples of his high-quality educational research, engagement and impact , supported by underpinning themes of practitioner engagement and co-construction, system capacity-building, promoting research-informed policy and practice, and empowering young learners through enhancing children鈥檚 digital rights. Crick was appointed MBE in the 2017 Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours for 鈥渟ervices to computer science and the promotion of computer science education鈥 and was made a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2020.
You can read more about Tom and his work here
The 2020 Public Engagement and Impact award is a partnership with who will be working with Tom Crick to publish a digital research summary.
鈥Emerald Publishing is delighted to support the 2020 娇色导航 Public Engagement and Impact Award. We are thrilled to extend our congratulations to Professor Tom Crick for his work 鈥淟eading the Future of Science and Technology Education in Wales鈥 and to the team at the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. Each of these winners have made a profound impact on education policy and practice within Britain, and have produced world-class research that can inspire and inform similar outcomes in other contexts. Emerald are deeply committed to supporting and mobilising the real world impact of research and look forward to working with the winners to create bespoke dissemination pieces about their research.鈥