Dr Angela Colvert is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Roehampton specialising in the co-design of games with and for children to support literacies. She regularly collaborates with a range of industry partners and has developed award-winning educational games, including the Bafta-nominated ‘Teach your Monster to Read’. Her current research focuses on the educational potential of transmedia storytelling in school settings.

Tom is a writer, director and educator who has spent the last 12 years refining the Adventures in Learning Model where interactive stories erupt in classrooms and cultural venues using immersive theatre and game mechanics to deliver formal learning and develop pupils’ creativity and critical thinking. Informed by pedagogical practices such as Mantle of The Expert, Tom has led the delivery of adventures to more than 20,000 pupils across the UK.