Dr Eddie Orija

Courses taught:

• Primary Education Studies (Undergraduate)
• Working with Children, Families and Communities (Undergraduate)
• Biomedical Engineering (Undergraduate)
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate)
• Civil Engineering (Undergraduate)
• Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
• Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (Undergraduate)
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Postgraduate)
• Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)

Eddie is an accomplished headteacher and mathematics educator. He is experienced at undergraduate course and module leadership, as well as distance learning postgraduate certificate of education course leadership.

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Background

Eddie is an Anglia Ruskin University alumnus that has worked in education for over thirty years. He is an experienced awarding organisation mathematics examiner and curriculum developer. Eddie has authored GCSE, iGCSE and GCE maths teaching and learning digital and print content for international publishers.

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 local authority school improvement partner and Ofsted Inspector. Eddie has a track record of school improvement and facilitating student progress.

Teaching

• Module Leader, Ruskin Module ‘Do we need humans as teachers?’. A reflection of a wider societal concern and applying knowledge about key attributes of teachers, to explore the place of technology, and humans as teachers in humans' learning.
• Module Leader, Reflective Practice in an Interprofessional Context.
• Key Skills for Effective Primary Teaching.
• Engineering Mathematics on BEng (Hons) and MEng (Hons) degrees.

Qualifications

• BSc Engineering
• PGCE Mathematics QTS
• PgCert Education Studies
• EdD Educational Administration
• Professional Qualification for School Inspectors
• PgCert Learning and Teaching (HE)

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)
• Chartered Scientist, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (CSci)
• Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)

Selected recent publications

Orija, E. (2022) Preparing for GCSE Mathematics 2022: What to consider. Oxford University Press Blog. Available online.

Orija, E. (2015) New GCSE Maths (9 to 1), coming soon to a school near you… Oxford University Press Blog. Available online.