As Professor of Education at Brunel University London, Mike supervises a strong group of doctoral students and teaches on a wide range of graduate and post-graduate courses across Education. He is HEA National Teaching Fellow (2003) and elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004). He has just completed a decade-long project to explore approaches to teaching and learning in university science with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Most recently he has been consultant to the Teaching Council of Ireland and external examiner for the National University of Ireland. He is currently working closely with the Mauritius Institute of Education, the University of Technology Mauritius and the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre in Mauritius. Over time, Mike has supervised 44 PhD students to successful completion of their studies, has acted as external examiner for MPhil and PhD awards at other institutions on 25 occasions, including many universities in the UK, Europe and internationally. He has supervised over 150 successful MA theses. At Brunel, Mike leads the STEM Education Research Group, and has published widely in science education through numerous books, journal articles and conference papers over many years. His recent books are (i) Watts, DM. (2014) (Ed.) Debates in science education. London, Routledge, and (ii) Pedrosa de Jesus, MH. & Watts, D.M. (2016) Academic Growth in Higher Education
