David continues to maintain close links with education.

He is a personal tutor as part of the RIBA professional qualification programme for office based candidates, called RIBA Studio. The programme is run with Oxford Brookes University and enables candidates to undertake RIBA parts 1, 2 and 3 courses whilst in gainful employment.

Previous to this, for over five years David held the post of a design tutor on the architecture degree course at Kingston University. He has also been a visiting studio lecturer at the Bartlett, University College London and Sheffield Universities.

He is also a contributor to an inititive between the London School of Hygene & Tropical Medicine, Glasgow and Liverpool Universities, who are investigating the effect of changes to the built environment on mental health, crime and well being in local communities.

David is a member of the Design Review Panel at Merton Borough Council.

He has also been a member of the judging panel of the RIBA London awards and has been actively engaged with Open House, London and Shelter’s Architect in the House Schemes.

In addition, David is a RIBA student mentor, a voluntary scheme aimed at offering an insight in working practice for undergraduate students.