Martin Andrews

Summary

Biography

Martin William Andrews is Principal Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Art and Design at the University of Portsmouth and a Registered Architect (ARB). He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and an experienced academic leader with over 20 years’ experience spanning architectural practice, teaching, research and global higher education partnerships.

Martin previously served as Associate Dean (Global Engagement and Education Partnerships) for the Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth, where he led international strategy, transnational education initiatives and institutional collaborations across Asia, Europe and the Americas. He established and directed a successful transnational (TNE) degree partnership in Hong Kong and has developed dual awards, validation partnerships and created funded international mobility programmes for students and staff.

Martin's professional roles have provided him with regular opportunities to teach architecture, design, and interior design students at schools and programmes in France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, the USA and across the United Kingdom.

A passionate advocate for practice-based and problem-based learning, Martin founded and led the University of Portsmouth’s in-house architectural consultancy (the 'Project Office'), enabling students to work on live, fee-generating projects with public, private and third-sector clients.

He is committed to mentoring and guiding the next generation of architects, emerging educators, supporting curriculum innovation, and strengthening links between academia, industry and global partners.

Research interests

Martin’s research focuses on architectural education, professional identity (of architects and design educators) and tutor development. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and on professional platforms and presented his work internatioanlly at conferences, seminars and workshops. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Problem-Based Learning and contributes regularly as a peer reviewer to several international journals.

Teaching responsibilities

Martin has been teaching in Higher Education since 2004 working with university students in the UK and internationally, across undergraduate and postgraduate architecture and interior architecture programmes.

He has taught and led modules from Level 4 to Level 7, including architectural design studios, interior architecture studios, architectural technology, professional practice, research preparation and dissertation supervision. His roles have included Studio Tutor, Module Coordinator, Year Coordinator, Studio Lead and Interim Joint Course Leader. Martin has authored and coordinated modules with cohorts ranging from small postgraduate design studios to large technology and professional proctice modules, some of which numbered over 150 undergraduate students.

A defining feature of Martin's teaching is the integration of practice-based and problem-based learning. As the Founder and long-term Coordinator of the University’s in-house Project Office, he embedded live, externally commissioned projects into the curriculum, enabling students to work with a variety of public and private clients while developing professional, technical and collaborative skills.

Martin supervises dissertations and theses at undergraduate and master’s level and contributes to professional education, including Degree Apprenticeship (DA) assessment.

Outside the University of Portsmouth, in his role as an external Higher Education Consultant, Martin has advised UK and international institutions about the curricula of new undergraduate design degrees and postgraduate architecture (RIBA- and ARB-related) course development.

Martin is currently an External Examiner for a UK undergradute architecture programme. He has also been invited to teach, review and act as guest critic at national and international institutions.

His teaching is consistently rated highly in student satisfaction surveys and has been recognised through University of Portsmouth awards for innovation, enterprise and educational excellence.

More information about Martin's professional skills and experiences can be found here.