Matthew Eaves's Profile
Matthew Eaves has moved on from Ultralab and is now part of Cleveratom Ltd
Matthew left Ultralab along with a lot of his colleagues in December 2006. Click here to read about the change.
This webpage remains here historically as it was when Matt was in the lab to remember the work he did when part of the Ultralab team. Matthew Eaves is a first class graduate with six years experience as a senior researcher, strategic consultant and project manager of groundbreaking projects worldwide for Ultralab, the learning, technology and research centre at Anglia Ruskin University. My main focus of interest is the use of technology for creative purpose, and I now work on a range of learning, technology and research projects worldwide for charities, corporations, governments, broadcasters, museums and education institutions to research and enrich learning. At Ultralab we are empowering people with new and emerging technologies for creative purpose, we're changing the world together and I'm proud to be a part of that. I work with people of all ages and backgrounds, uniting through technology, including work in Belfast, Northern Ireland as part of Ultralab’s commitment to supporting the empowering of conflicting communities with creative technology at as catalyst to bring people together. I've worked on major action research projects ranging from finding the future of Children's BBC television right through to making the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) cool in the eyes of young people. I've done voice overs for new language materials right through to co-organising and running events with hundreds of people, I love every minute and enjoy the challenge of not knowing what's coming next, every day is bizarre at Ultralab. Prior to working at Ultralab, and while studying full time I also worked as a youth worker for twelve years and managed the checkout department for a major supermarket in the evenings and weekends. I graduated with experience researching organisational and systems needs, taking a specific interest in how systems could be used to reduce bureaucracy and administrative processes within organisaitons. My final dissertation researched and replaced paper based administration system within a national UK youth movement, the system developed to complement the research is still in use throughout the UK to this day. Matthew Eaves Part 2
I joined Ultralab in November 2000 to support the implementation of the new National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) online course materials for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The developed online system was designed to replace a 36 booklet course (required for becoming a UK headteacher) with an online set of resources and supporting community. NPQH online has contributed significantly to the reverse in the decline for senior staff applying for headship.
I've since followed project management roles and now work with organisations, broadcasters, governments and charities defining real world issues, researching and implementing new and emerging technology solutions from inception to completion. Some projects I've managed include:
Each year you will find me working on the 'Create at BETT' stand at the BETT Exhibition in London. Our stand is the only stand staffed by children and demonstrates to an audience of 27,000 creative use of the latest technologies available to the classroom. Click here to read my COS Research Profile.
Current Work
Currently I'm working on various research and development projects for Ultralab, including:
I also work on many other roles within Ultralab, including:
I'm part of the 'Essex Broadband Partnership', managed by Essex County Council. Working with various schools and academic institutions nationwide my passion is to launch an Ultralab in a school, contact me if you have any advice. In Norfolk I'm working on a project proposal to enable full quality gigabit connectivity between schools. I'm also regularly invited onto the Steve Scruton and Ian Wyatt Show's on BBC Essex Radio providing 'sound advice' on new and emerging technology solutions and impact on futures to the local audience. I adapted on my original job title, adding 'new media' before the 'researcher' title to fit the emerging role which developed around me as Ultralab continues to follow the action research methodology to explore how teaching and learning can be improved through the use of new and emerging technology. Work is progressing once more on my Masters Degree, although increased workload resulted in me freezing the course for two years. Read more of my academic work at: Matthew's Blog (some personal stuff thrown in too, for good measure - one of the most popular articles I've written is Tips to survive a long haul flight which gets hundreds of hits every day). I'm also writing a book at the moment, irrelevant to my job, watch out at your local bookstore soon! |
Skills
Applied through the past five years at Ultralab are all of the following degree level skills:
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