Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: C.Golding@soton.ac.uk
Dr Golding is Co-Director of Online Programmes and Co-Director of Online Programmes at the School of Education. He is also the Director of the Geography PGCE and PGCert in Online Education. He leads several modules for the MSc in Online Education.
He welcomes enquiries from individuals wishing to undertake doctoral research in the fields of AI in Education, innovative research methods, philosophy of education.
Cyrus is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Co-Director of Online Programmes at the University of Southampton.
He leads the Geography PGCE course and the PGCert in Online Education.
He was previously a Tutor, Lecturer and Interim Course Director for the inaugural Geography PGCE course at King’s College London from 2020 – 2025.
Cyrus is pioneering the field of AI in education by working with schools to bridge theory and practice. He is frequently commissioned by school groups to advise on AI curriculum and staff training in both the UK and internationally.
His interests are in developing the practical application of AI in schools as well as the development of a new field of philosophies of AI in which the use of AI can be critically and carefully deployed.
Cyrus has deep expertise of school systems in Vietnam and international education in Asia.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), a lifetime member of Salzburg Global for Nature-based education and a Member of the Geography Education Research Collective (GEReCO).
Dr Golding holds a BA (first class), MSc and DPhil from the University of Oxford, and a PGCE from the University of Cambridge. In recognition of his contribution to education, he was awarded the 2024 Ordnance Survey Award by the Royal Geographical Society.
