People

The ICL-CES team, 1982

From left to right: Colin Monson (Project Director), Frances Vickers (development team), David Roberts (educational consultant), Jenny Nash (development team), Ian Sewell (head of literature development), Gill Blackwell (development team), Wyn James (development team), Valerie Foxell (administrator/secretary) and Garry Neale (development team leader).

Interviews

• Steve Bacon — Joined ICL-CES in 1973, became project director in 1977
• Colin Monson — Joined ICL-CES in 1974, became project director in 1981

Other people involved with ICL-CES over the years

1. Christopher Wysock-Wright was the lead of the CES project, prior to ICL's involvement. (Source: Steve Bacon interview on this site).
2. Sir Bryan Thwaites. Involved in CES prior to ICL takeover, and continued to write forewards for books during the ICL days.
3. Byron Williams. Joined the CES project at the start, leaving in June 1972 (as the CES manager) to take up a post as Head of Maths and Physical Sciences at Llandaff College of Technology. Colin-Hampson Evans became the manager at this point. (source: June 1972 (vol 3 number 5) newsletter). Byron also featured on on advert from mathematics journal on other page) Project Executive, CES (1972).
4. Colin Hampson-Evans. Joined June 1972 as CES Manager from another ICL post (Data Processing & Publications department). Left January 1977 to work at ICL's head office in Putney. Steve Bacon appointed project director. (Source Jan 1977 newsletter - number 28)
5. Steve Bacon (Stephen J Bacon) - Joined ICL-CES in 1973 and became director in Jan 1977, or just before. Here's a TES article from 2000 here where Steve discusses his various roles and the education sector. Left to work for the Derbyshire LEA in 1981. Steve was very kind to answer my questions through a series of emails in April/May 2024 which I am very grateful for. Click here to see the questions and answers interspersed. Steve's comments have been invaluable and they have helped to shape the content and accuracy of what you can see on these pages.

Apologies for the quality, as it's a photo of a photocopy, but the June 1973 (vol 4 #3) ICL-CES newsletter had an article written by Steve when he was still Head of Maths and Computer Studies at Wood Green School, Witney, Oxfordshire. Margaret Thatcher (then Secretary of State for Education and Science), visited ICL Brackley on January 17th 1973.

6. Colin Monson - joined ICL-CES in 1974 as a member of the development team. When Steve became project director, Colin took over charge of the support and development team until Steve left in August 1981 when he became project director until March 1983, joining Berkshire LEA. Colin was very kind to answer my questions through a series of emails in June 2024 which I am very grateful for. Click here to see the questions and answers interspersed.

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Paul D Clark Ian R Sewell Frances P Vickers

Other people mentioned:

John L Hammond (also helped with Gifted project)

Illustrations book 1 2nd ed - Jonathan Rawlinson Cover and chapter dividers - Ian Sewell and Computer Centre, Oxford Polytechnic

Gill Roberts - Joined ICL-CES in 1982 http://www.naec.org.uk/ultralab/ww3/Members/groberts “Trained as a maths teacher I was interested in the learning potential of the first microcomputers in schools (RM's 380z) and joined the ICL-CES project in 1982 to write computer awareness materials for 11-13 year olds. When CES was taken over by Acorn Computers I became their Information Officer, demonstrating our materials to teachers and advisers throughout the British Isles. In 1984 I went back to school, as the IT co-ordinator in a Surrey school;”