Richard Rothwell taught for over 20 years in a variety of schools. While Head of Computing at Handsworth Grammar School he implemented a Free Software network for the school, based on LTSP. This has proved a successful implementation and has been included in two Becta reviews of Free Software in education. Rothwell is a founder member of Schoolforge UK, of which he is currently chair and a Free Software advocate. He started M6-IT CIC in 2007. M6-IT is a Community Interest Company that works with the voluntary, community and education sectors to deploy sustainable Free Software solutions. He maintains two blogs:
- Cockspiracy on Government and incompetence; and
- a less scurrilous consultancy blog.