About

I’m Charles McCrimmon, a computing lecturer with UHI North, West and Hebrides. I teach programming, software development, databases, cybersecurity, and mobile app development across school, further, and higher education, often remotely, to learners in rural communities.

I hold an MSc in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence and an MEd in Tertiary and Higher Education, with my research focusing on recognition of prior learning and alternative routes into higher education. I’m now preparing an application for a self-funded PhD through the UHI Graduate School. I’ve also started an HNC in Horticulture with UHI Argyll because I have all this land and may as well learn to look after it properly.

In 2026 I left the Isle of Skye for four acres in Aberdeenshire, with two fields, a workshop, three stables and a small bothy. So far, that has brought chickens, a polytunnel frame that took three attempts to build, and a much longer list of jobs. My border collie, Rusty, is mostly quiet, except when the car is moving.

This blog is where I write about computing, teaching, and working toward being more self-reliant. The land also has its own YouTube channel, Galleon Acre.