Special Teaching Staff in Computing

Qualifications

PhD (University of Central Lancashire 2019)

MBA (Cyprus International Institute of Management, 2004)

MSc in Business Systems Analysis and Design (City University, 1998)

BSc Computer Science (Southbank University, 1997)

Specialization

Computer Science, Pedagogy for e-learning

Employment Track

Senior Programme Implementation Manager, TSYS (Jan 2010 – Present)

Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus (2019-2020)

Special Teaching Staff, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus (2016-2017)

Special Teaching Staff, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus (2014-2015)

Consortium Project Manager, HS Data Ltd (2008-2010)

Operations / Project Manager, Ephorate ECE Ltd (2005-2008)

Senior Customization Consultant, NetU Consultants Ltd (2001-2003)

 Technical specialist, IBM (Feb 2000 – Aug 2000)

Consulting Graduate Programming, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) (1998-1999)

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Axelos – PeopleCert

Roles and Responsibilities Teaching and Course Leadership 

Course Leader, Course Name 

• Learning Technologies in Education
• IT Projects and Programmes
• Introduction to Programming

List of modules taught

• System Analysis and Database Design
• Research and Study Skills
• Advanced Programming
• Professional Skills
• Project Monitoring and Control – Final Year Project

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations 

Peter Yiatrou, Irene Polycarpou, Janet C Read, Maria Zeniou, The synthesis of a unified pedagogy for the design and evaluation of E-learning software for high-school computing in FEDCSIS 2016 Proceedings, 2016 (927-932). Ref. number DOI 10.15439/978-83-60810-90-3

Peter Yiatrou, Irene Polycarpou, Janet C Read, The synthesis of a unified pedagogy for the development of E-Learning software for the Computing GCSE in EAPRIL 2014 Proceedings, 2014 (1-12). Ref number ISSN 2406-4653.