Colin Foster

  • Reader in Mathematics Education

I am a Reader in Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University.

Before Loughborough, I was an Associate Professor and Director of Research in the School of Education at the University of Leicester, and before that I was an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education at the University of Nottingham. Previously, I taught mathematics in secondary schools for 12 years. My first degree and PhD are from Magdalene College, Cambridge, and I obtained my PGCE from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education.

I am a Chartered Mathematics Teacher, a Fellow of the International Society for Design and Development in Education and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I was President of the Mathematical Association (2022-23).

For links to my research projects, articles and books, please see my personal website.