A former secondary school principal Brian holds a teaching degree in Design & Technology from Middlesex University London and has over 20 years’ experience in education both in Ireland and Internationally including establishing one of the largest standalone further education colleges in Munster. Prior to joining Lero Brian was involved in the initial teacher education program at the University of Limerick. Brian is a strong advocate and has huge interest in computer science education for school going children.      

Publications

2024

Borges, Joyce, Exton, Chris, Harkin, Brian, McGarr, Oliver, McInerney, Clare. 2024. Exploring Students’ Experiences of Computer Science in Upper Secondary Education: A Qualitative Study. In: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3689535.3689551.