Santanu is a Senior Learning Technologist in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of East London. He oversees the use of technology in teaching. Previously he have worked as a Educational Technologist at the Department for Learning Enhancement and Development Centre (LEaD) at City University, London working on a variety of Educational Technology Projects in the virtual and physical space, specialising in Learning Spaces and has taught on the MA in Academic Practice. He is also one of the editors on the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) blog and member of the Publications and Communications Committee of ALT.

Santanu is also an ex-ICT and has previously worked for Brunel University as a Learning Technologist and as the Learning Technology Coorindator in the Learning and Development Centre at Imperial College London

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Santanu’s current academic interests include impact of technology enhanced learning and learning spaces on academic practice and the use of social media in the scholarship of learning and teaching in higher education.

He has previously worked at British Telecom in the early days of the Internet, has worked in retail and has taught ICT and Graphic Design in Secondary Schools. Santanu holds a BSc (Hons) in Multimedia Technology and Design and a PGCE ICT Secondary from Brunel University London and a Masters in Education in ICT in Education from UCL’s Insitutute of Education. Santanu has published two chapters on educational technology and is working on two more publications.

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Outside of Learning Technology and Educational Development, Santanu is a Governor at the Northwood School, Hillingdon and has worked for the HEA as a consultant briefly. A keen photographer in his spare time, a gardener and infrequent Sci-Fi fan of Doctor Who and Star Trek and a fan of Columbo and other detective series on a rainy Saturday afternoon, with a wide range of other hobbies and interests, time permitting.

Santanu has lived in London most of his life, but was born and spent his early childhood in Bradford, West Yorkshire and visits the north as regularly as he can!

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