Patrick Carmichael is Professor of Education and Director of Research Development at the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has conducted research and written widely on themes in education and social research more generally, including technology-enhanced learning and research; research ethics; and interdisciplinary and inter-professional working. From 2008–2012 he was director of the ESRC-EPSRC research project: ‘Ensemble: Semantic Technologies for the Enhancement of Case Based Learning’.