Rich Boakes
Interim Head Of School at University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRich Boakes is an experienced academic leader and technologist with over 15 years teaching and course leadership in computing, now serving as Interim Head of School unifying Computing with Mathematics & Physics at the University of Portsmouth. His background blends PhD-level research, curriculum design, and hands-on industry experience from IBM and Netscape to founding a consultancy, giving him a rare perspective across enterprise software, learning design, and academic governance. He has a proven track record supervising postgraduate research and running large undergraduate programmes, including long-running stewardship of Software Engineering and Web Technologies courses. Known for combining creativity with practical problem-solving, he champions student-centred learning and TEF Gold-standard teaching at scale. Based in Portsmouth, he brings both strategic leadership and day-to-day technical credibility, often drawing on early-career systems and directory/messaging design expertise that still informs his approach to complex institutional projects.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at University of PortsmouthBSc (Hons) Computing and Informatics, BSc (Hons) Computing and Informatics at University of Plymouth
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Github Skills (101)
microsoft-edge-extension10
routes10
client-server10
mozilla-firefox10
message-board10
image-upload10
fetch10
post10
google-chrome10
addon10
microsoft-edge9
calculator9
browser9
api9
js9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ear1grey/structured-start-tab
Jun 2020 - Feb 2023
A browser extension that replaces default tab content with a page of organised links. Works in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
Contributions:44 reviews, 174 commits, 80 PRs in 2 years 7 months
organisedmicrosoft-edgeaddonmicrosoftfirefox
portsoc/snake
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
DOM Snake
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 1 year 11 months
snakejavascriptdom
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