Janet Carter

Janet is the Head of School of Computing

I belong to the following research groups:

• Computing Education Group

My current research interests are based within Computer Science Education and are focused upon the student perspective:

• Differentiation within the CS classroom
• Enthusing over-performing students
• Gender issues within CS
• International nomenclature

Organisational involvement:

• Member of CPHC Learning development group
• Treasurer for UK & Ireland SIGCSE chapter
• Member of the SIGCSE Committee on Expanding the Women-in-Computing Community

Conference organisation:

• Conference chair for UKICER 2019 (UK & Ireland SIGCSE chapter conference)
• ITiCSE (Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education)
  • Database co-ordinator for ITiCSE 2018, Cyprus
  • Program chair for ITiCSE 2016, Arequipa, Peru
  • Conference chair for ITiCSE 2013, Canterbury
  • Working Group Coordinator for ITiCSE 2007, Dundee
  • Working Group Coordinator for ITiCSE 2005 , Lisbon
  • Poster chair for ITiCSE 2001, Canterbury
• HE Academy
• Member of Computing sub-committee for HEA STEM annual conferences 2012, 2013 and 2014
• Co-chair HEA-ICS 10th Annual conference, August 2009
• HE Academy-ICS annual 1-day conferences on the teaching of programming:
  • Programme chair for the second to the eleventh event 2001-2011
• Conference chair for the 1-day Sharing Good Ideas in CS Teaching and Learning Conference, London, April 2011
• Programme chair for the 1-day conference on the Assessment of Programming, Napier, September 2005

Invited talks:

• Invited speaker at the 1-day workshop on Plagiarism, Edinburgh, May 2006
• Invited speaker at the 1-day workshop on Student Retention, Sussex, September 2004
• Invited speaker at the 1-day conference on the use of CAA in ICS Education, Brighton, July 2003
• Invited speaker at the first HEA-ICS 1-day conference on the teaching of programming, Leeds, March 2001

I currently teach Foundations of Computing (maths by another name!) and a module called "Computing in the Classroom" which allows final year students the opportunity to share their knowledge with people from local schools.

Member of ACM