He appointed Ralph Tabberer and Ann Irving as Deputy Directors and they recruited a strong team of curriculum and information specialists.
In 1988 the Department for Education and Science (DES) set up the Information Technology in Schools (ITIS) initiative to oversee this area, headed by Phillip Lewis and supported by David Noble.
It funded the deployment of 600 advisory teachers and the provision of hardware in schools through the payment of Education Support Grants (ESGs) to local authorities.
MESU ran separate national conferences for the different subject advisory teachers, Mathematics, English, Science, Design and Technology and others.
In 1988 MESU was merged with the CET by the DES, who funded both bodies, to form the National Council for Educational Technology.