{"id":1944,"date":"2023-07-06T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/cocreate\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:14:27","slug":"mark-bennison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/cocreate\/mark-bennison\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Bennison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1944\" class=\"elementor elementor-1944\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f94046 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f94046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aac61c\" data-id=\"2aac61c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c3f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f3c3f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3601b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3601b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f327911\" data-id=\"f327911\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b97c7dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b97c7dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7e329d\" data-id=\"f7e329d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c58ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46c58ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mark Bennison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44aa120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44aa120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Engineer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f31b23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f31b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:mark.bennison@northumbria.ac.uk\">mark.bennison@northumbria.ac.uk<\/a>\n<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/markbennison\">https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/markbennison<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8e64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee8e64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><div><div><div><div><div><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">I have a background in further education having worked in colleges and sixth forms in the North East of England since 2008. I\u2019ve taught computer science primarily from levels 3 to 5 (A-Level to HND) and usually with a software\/web development focus. I graduated from Durham University with a BSc in ICT and Education and a PG-Dip in Education, I hold a PGCE from Teesside University and I\u2019m completing my MSc with Staffordshire University in Computer Science (Software Engineering).<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">My technical expertise lends itself to the creation of software, web, and mobile applications with backend databases. I can work across technology stacks, though I am most proficient with the Microsoft stack including .NET, C#, ASP, SQL Server and Xamarin. 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