Eur Ing Dr. A. J. Cowling, BSc (Hons), PhD, MBCS, CITP, CEng, UK National Teaching Fellow in Computing,
Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
- Lecturer in computer science at Sheffield University since 1973.
- Self-identified as a software engineer during the 1980s.
- Responsible for developing the undergraduate SE degree at Sheffield, which started in 1987, and was one of the first ug programmes in SE in the UK.
- An active participant in CSEE&T since 1998.
- Received a Sheffield University Senate Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching and Learning in 2010.
- Awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the UK Higher Education Academy in 2012. (This is the highest distinction in teaching and learning that can be awarded in the UK to an academic.)
- Partially retired in 2014, finally retired from teaching in 2018.
- Still an independent consultant, eg for quality assurance reviews.