Rich Boakes
Interim Head Of School at University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, England, United States
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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
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (91)
qunit10
routes10
client-server10
js10
message-board10
fetch10
bsc10
post10
addon10
microsoft-edge9
calculator9
mozilla-firefox9
browser9
api9
socket9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
portsoc/snake
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
DOM Snake
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 1 year 11 months
snakejavascriptdom
portsoc/outliner
Feb 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:20 commits in 1 year 6 months
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