Dr Eddie Orija
Senior Lecturer Practitioner
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- School:
- Engineering and the Built Environment
- Location:
- Chelmsford
- Areas of Expertise:
- Education and teaching
- Research Supervision:
- Yes
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Biomedical Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Civil Engineering (Undergraduate)
- Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (Undergraduate)
Eddie is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Engineering Mathematics at ARU, has senior fellowship with Advance HE, and is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and. Eddie is an experienced undergraduate and postgraduate course director, and STEM education leader. He is an accomplished headteacher and mathematics educator, he is the director of the Centre for STEM Education at University of Hertfordshire.
- Background
Eddie is an Anglia Ruskin University alumnus who has worked in education for over thirty years. He is an experienced awarding organisation mathematics examiner and curriculum developer. Eddie has authored, edited, and developed GCSE, iGCSE, and GCE mathematics teaching, learning, and assessment resources for international publishers, including Oxford University Press.
Eddie successfully progressed through several school leadership roles in a variety of educational establishments before he secured his first school headship in 2009. He is an experienced school improvement partner and Ofsted Inspector. Eddie is an international leader for work-based continuing professional development of STEM academics, laboratory technicians, and teachers. He is the director of the STEM Education Centre at the University of Hertfordshire, and the director of Amgen Biotech Experience (United Kingdom).
- Teaching
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- Module leader for Applied Engineering Mathematics
- Module tutor for BEng (Hons) and MEng (Hons) engineering mathematics modules.
- Qualifications
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- BSc Engineering
- PGCE Mathematics QTS
- PG Cert Education Studies
- EdD Educational Administration
- Professional Qualification for School Inspectors
- PG Cert Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
- Memberships, editorial boards
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- UK Site Director of AMGEN Biotech Experience
- Fellow, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)
- Advance HE Senior Fellowship (SFHEA)