Matt is a teacher educator at Liverpool John Moores University, where he currently leads the secondary postgraduate programmes. Previously he taught design and technology in Merseyside, and is particularly interested in electronics and control technology. Matt is also an active member of the Design and Technology community, and recently has been involved with the redrafting of the National Curriculum (2014), advising on non-statutory guidance for the DFE’s D&T Expert Group and on the future of GCSE Design and Technology. In 2011 he commenced his PhD, and is researching the values of Teachers of Design and Technology; using Q Methodology and adopting a philosophical perspective influenced by Pragmatism and Cultural Historical Activity Theory.