Margaret Cox is Emerita Professor of IT in Education at King's College London and a member of the Kortext Advisory board and Honorary professor at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy. She pioneered the use of computers in education from 1969 and has been researching and developing IT in education to the present day, also pioneering the use of haptics in Dentistry and other Health care disciplines since 2006. More recent research includes the hapTEL project (2007-2012), of which she was the principal investigator, developing and investigating the use of haptic devices to teach health-care skills to undergraduates, and the FundamentalGR project (2018-2020) for postgraduates and healthcare professionals, The hapTEL project was awarded numerous awards including the ESRC impact award in 2011 and Research Project of the Year by King’s College London in 2012. Cox was awarded the OBE in 2001 for outstanding contributions to computers in education, made Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2003 for outstanding contributions to physics education and awarded Fellowship of King’s College London in 2011 for exceptional services and achievements in Education and Dental Education. Professor Cox is past President of the National Conference of University Professors; joint Editor of the Section (1st and 2nd Editions) Researching IT in Education in the International Handbook on IT in Primary and Secondary Education (which formed the foundation of the Edusummits).
King's College London
London, City of London, UK
FoDOCOS
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Queen
Cox was awarded the OBE by the Queen in 2001 for outstanding contributions to computers in education
Fellow
Institute of Physics
Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2003 for outstanding contributions to physics education in 2003
Fellow
King's College London
in 2011 for exceptional services to King's College and achievements in Education and Dental Education
Percy Abbot Prize
Regent Street Polytechnic, University of London
1961 Awarded the Percy Abbot prize for the institution's most outstanding student of the year: BSc in Physics
Lifelong Fellow
NAACE
2006 Awarded Lifelong Fellowship of NAACE for outstanding contributions to ICT in education.
Lifelong Fellow
IT in Teacher Education Association
2012 – Awarded lifelong Fellow of the IT in Teacher Education Association.
Lifelong Fellow
Mirandanet
May 2013 – Awarded Lifelong Fellowship of Mirandanet for international contributions to IT in Education
Research Project of the Year
King's College London
The HapTEL Project of which Prof Cox was the Principal Investigator was awarded the research project of the year for outstanding research achievements and impact on education and dentistry
Honorary Professor
The Dental Academy/University of Portsmouth
01 May 2023 - 01 Sep 2024