Francis Carter does research and consulting work in Higher Education Studies on the pedagogic structures of professional knowledge of architecture. They were a lecturer at the University of Cape Town from 2003 to 2023 and at Peninsula Technikon from 1985-1990, in both cases making substantive contributions to curriculum and course development, and programme governance.Their research qualification is in Higher Education Studies (MPhil with distinction, UCT), they are a recipient of the UCT Distinguished Teacher Award 2007, and a TAU Fellow 2019 (Teaching Advancements at Universities fellowship programme funded by DHET and endorsed by HELTASA).They are a registered professional architect and retired professional construction project manager with experience across small and large public and private projects, and does limited scope consulting work on space and inhabitation strategies which inform design brief development.