Peter Hartley is an independent HE Consultant, and Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, following previous roles as Professor of Education Development and head of the Educational Development unit at Bradford, and Professor of Communication at Sheffield Hallam. As a National Teaching Fellow since 2000, he has promoted technology in education, and developed award-winning software. Alongside work on innovations such as new learning spaces and programme assessment, his longstanding interests in human interaction produced several popular textbooks (Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication) and he is now developing the third edition of Business Communication (2nd edition in 2015). He is also working on student notetaking and visual thinking, focusing on concept mapping.