Philip Anderson

Philip graduated from Northumbria University with a BSc in Business Information Technology in 1997 and gained an MSc in Distance Education with Athabasca University, Canada by distance learning in 2008.

In 1997, following graduation, he gained employment with Northumbria within the field of Technical support. In 2001, he began teaching full time with the then School of Informatics, later to become the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, delivering modules associated with the Computing Division.

In 2002, Philip was promoted to Senior Lecturer before being appointed as Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Computer Forensics course, and currently teaches modules which include Computer Forensic Applications, Advanced Computer Forensics and Legal and Evidentiary Aspects of Computer Forensics. He both supports and develops the software and hardware in the school’s dedicated computer forensics lab and is actively involved in University and School Recruitment events. 

He enjoys the face to face contact element that teaching provides, and the research and development required to plan for lectures, giving him the opportunity to share his knowledge with others.

In his spare time, Philip is a Special Constable with Durham Police and enjoys, golf, cycling, DIY and reading World War II History.

Conference Publications produced to date include:

• Anderson, P., & Laing, C., Getting students to develop their own assessments, Northumbria Conference 09, Newcastle upon Tyne, 8th September 2009
• Laing, C., Dornseif, M., Irons, A., Freiling, F., Anderson, P., Holz, T., & Mink, M., Developing Computer Forensics Programmes: An International Perspective, 1st Conference on Advances in Computer Security and Forensics (ACSF), School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK 13-14 July, 2006
• Irons, A., Laing, C., & Anderson, P., The Pedagogical Design of a Computer Forensics Curriculum, ECCE2006 - e-crime and computer evidence 2006, Nottingham, UK, 12-14 September 2006
• Anderson, P., Dornseif, M., Freiling, F., Holz, T., Irons, A., Laing, C., Mink, M., & A Comparative Study of Teaching Forensics at a University Degree Level, IMF 2006 International Conference on IT-Incident Management & IT-Forensics, Stuttgart, Germany, October 18-19, 2006
• Irons, A., Laing, C., Anderson, P., Computer Forensics – A Case Study on the Impact of New Technology on Information Education, Informatics Education Europe Conference 2006, Montpellier, France, 9-10 November, 2006