Some of the work I have coming up:

I continue to provide consultancy to the Technology Enhanced Learning Environments Strand of the JISC e-learning programme

I am also an adviser to the University of Lincoln hefce funded Learning Landscapes project and the JISC funded SLAP project at the University of Gloucestershire

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Some of the work and presentations I’ve been doing recently:

I gave a keynote presentation and ran a World Cafe style workshop at  the Designs for Learning conference in Fife - November 2008. The event went very well see A busy week in the blog.

I gave a keynote presentation at the Cilip East of England branch seminar on What Users Really Want - November 2008 at the University of East Anglia also mentioned in A busy week in the blog.

I facilitated a stream at the JISC Online conference - in 2008 and again in 2009

I have a chapter in the book Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education, edited by Margaret Weaver of the University of Cumbria and published by Facet. You can get further details on the book here.

I also have a chapter in the JISC book The e-revolution and

post-compulsory education; using ebusiness models to deliver quality

education that came out earlier this year.

Presentation and workshop at Bishop Grossteste University College, Lincoln - September 2008

Keynote presentation at ITTE conference, University of Cumbria, Lancaster - July 2008

Keynote presentation at the UCISA user conference - July 2008

Keynote presentation at Solstice conference, Edge Hill University - June 2008

Presentation at Liber conference, Budapest - April 2008

Presentation at Irish the Universities Information Services Colloquium in Cavan Ireland - March 2008

Keynote presentation at NUS services conference at Coventry - February 2008

Learning Landscapes - Staff conference - University of Lincoln - presentation, December 2007

Building Excellence - Scottish Government Schools Conference - Glasgow Science Centre - Keynote presentation, December 2007

I have a chapter in the book Digital Convergence - Libraries of the Future.   You can access the details of the book here. There is a copy of my chapter Libraries for the 21st Century Watson ch16.doc

University of Bradford - presentation and workshop, November 2007

Talis Insight conference - Birmingham - Keynote presentation, November 2007

Hastings College - keynote presentation and workshop, October 2007

From Space to Place - keynote presentations for the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from 17th to 28th September 2007 in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane

Putting Learners First - Leeds Metropolitan University - LMU Headingley Campus July 2007

Meeting the Leadership Challenges of IS/IT?Library Innovation - presentation to the Future Leaders Programme - Cambridge July 2007

Wiltshire College - presentation - June 2007

JISC Regional Support Centre West Midlands online conference - June 2007

Staff development day at Roehampton University - presentation - June 2007

Spaced Out! - Design solutions for effective learning spaces in academic libraries CoFHE at Thames Valley University - presentation - June 2007

I have an article in the European Journal of Education, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2007 titled Building the Future of Learning - you can access it here

Blackpool and Fylde College staff development conference - A Grand Day Out - Keynote presentation - May 2007

Building HE Estates for the Future (Neil Stewart Associates) London - Keynote presentation - May 2007

University of Ulster senior staff conference presentation - May 2007

New Buildings one day conference presentation, New College Durham - April 2007

UCISA Management conference  March 2007 - conference chair

UWIC and University of Glamorgan consultancy - March 2007

Soapbox article in the Guardian 20th March 2007 - on the need for flexibility in new educational buildings. See it here.

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in conjunction with Talis March 2007- presentation. See an event blog here.

Napier University March 2007 - presentation

Designing and Planning Technology Rich Learning Spaces, lead consultant on this JISC infonet infokit launched in March 2007 - Visit the site here.

Space Odyssey - Designing the next generation of teaching and study spaces at the University. Keynote talk - Building for the NetGeneration, University of Edinburgh, 19th January 2007

I was a ‘BETT BRAIN on the Partnerships for Schools stand at the BETT show in January 2007

Building for the NetGeneration,  Planning for Technology-rich Learning Spaces, RSCni, JISC, HEA, Belfast, November 2006

From Space to Place, Designing Spaces for Effective Learning - The South West Perspective, JISC RSC South West,  Taunton, November 2006

21st Century Learning Space, Learning Futures - Glasgow 2020, Glasgow, November 2006

Learning Environments 2006, University of Copenhagen

SCONUL conference, Learning, Libraries and student lives, Newcastle UK 2006

Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education conference, It is not about us - it is about them, York UK 2006

JISC, Planning and Designing Technology-rich Learning Spaces, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, July 2006

EUNIS conference, Transformation Needs More Than Technology, Tartu, Estonia, June 2006

JISC Regional Support Centre, Educational New Build - Concepts and Pedagogy, RIBA, London June 2006

JISC Annual Conference, Building for the Netgeneration, Birmingham, March 2006

JISC Regional Support Centre, Educational New Build - Concepts and Pedagogy, London City Airport, January 2006

Spaces for Learning Conference, Scottish Funding Council, Glasgow October 2005