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  • "New role beckons for net expert". Times Higher Education. 2003-04-25.

"E-learning expert Steve Molyneux will quit his post at Wolverhampton University this summer to devote his energies to ensuring UK companies and public-sector agencies get the best from cutting-edge e-learning and other internet-related technologies.

Professor Molyneux said: "The time has come for me to look for new challenges that will let me expand my vision and assist in implementing my own knowledge to benefit a broader audience."

Professor Molyneux has been responsible for a number of innovative projects. He developed an e-learning delivery platform called "Learnwise", which is now used by more than 115 British colleges and universities. He spearheaded a £2.6 million project to deliver online Just-In-Time training to more than 1,000 small businesses across the West Midlands. He was also the visionary behind the Telford and Wrekin Grid for Learning, a £12.5 million initiative linking 87 schools, libraries and community centres to deliver education, training and other e-government services to Telford citizens.

The Grid for Learning is widely recognised as the most advanced education network in Europe.

In his consultancy role Professor Molyneux will continue as director of Wolverhampton's Learning Lab, a European centre of excellence located at the university's Telford campus."

Criticism of article

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This is a somewhat unorthodox format for a wikipedia biographical article. It reads almost like a publicity brochure, rather like a longer dust jacket account of a book's author. Particular points where more information would be welcome:

  • No education details - did he go through university? (Very rarely are professors non-graduates, even more so these days.)
  • More could be written for his RAF service which is not mentioned until late in the narrative and surely belongs in his earlier life. His generation were too late for National Service. If he was an officer, there would have been notifications of commissioning and promotions in the London Gazette. I have raised a citation need against the mention of his RAF involvements to encourage investigation.
  • His being a magistrate- on what commission of peace did he serve? (BBC source does not make clear.) Was he a county magistrate for Shropshire or was he a borough magistrate for Telford whose brief would be within its boundaries? (Are magisterial appointments, authorised by the Lord Chancellor/Ministry of Justice, published?)

Cloptonson (talk) 09:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]