David Wooff is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Education at Sunderland University, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His research interests include investigating the place that Technology has in STEM and the value it has as a an education subject within school education He also has an interest in educational assessment and value judgements in education. He has recently co-authored a student based text book to support the international GCSE in secondary Design and Technology and a companion teacher’s guide. He has also undertaken and presented pedagogical research in a range of areas including the use of Technology Enhanced Learning, QR codes and Augmented Reality to support learners in higher education.