Sue Black

Susan Elizabeth Black (born 1962) is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She is known for saving Bletchley Park, (World War II codebreaking) with her Saving Bletchley Park campaign. Since 2018, she has been Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University. She was previously based at the University of Westminster and University College London. Early life and education Sue Black was born in 1962 in Fareham, Hampshire. She left school and home at 16, the earliest legal age. She married at 20 and soon had three children. After her husband forced Black and her children out, she sought safety at a local women's refuge. She began a maths access course at night school that led to enrolling in undergraduate degree. Black graduated with a bachelor's degree in computing from London South Bank University in 1993, and obtained her PhD in software engineering in 2001 for research on the ripple effect supervised by Robin Whitty Career and research Black was previously Head of the Department of Information and Software Systems at the University of Westminster, and senior research associate at University College London (UCL). Since 2018, she has been Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University, and an honorary professor at UCL.