Richard Burkhill | Director of Digital Learning
Rugby School Thailand

    Richard is Bachelor of Science, Honours with Qualified Teacher Status and experienced in teaching and leading education technology across British Secondary and international settings for the last 12 years.   Richard held the Head of Digital Technology position in a UK Secondary academy, where the department was rebranded and reformed with new technology, routines, marking and feedback systems introduced to further develop already high standards; consistently achieving Good – Outstanding practice through various outside government bodies. Richard also contributed to the wider school community with staff training, musical performances and student media development. Richard continued this work in Beijing where he planned, delivered and shared the school’s first Computing curriculum for ages 3 - 11, developed and launched the school’s 1:1 device programme, and trained staff as to how they can use the benefits of purposeful technology integration in their classrooms. He is also developing the school's Cloud-based teaching and learning platform, learning management system, S.T.E.A.M. programme and whole school technology strategy. Richard is currently in Thailand where he oversees digital learning across the whole school working with a staff edtech and student tech team. Here he has launched the school’s 1:1 programme, refreshed the existing BYOD programme, introduced Computing as a subject, and launched e-sports and digital parent communities. He is currently collaborating with schools and organisations across Asia to develop a digital safety curriculum. Richard describes teaching as follows: “For me, teaching is about those moments that for people in the profession, are ‘everyday’ but to a child, are game-changing; the words of advice, the introduction of something new, the ‘wow’ moment — the part you didn’t even realise had inspired someone to do better, believe in better and make a better world. It really is the most influential and powerful job in the world — a responsibility that can never be underestimated or taken for granted.”