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Cath Gristy

Lecturer in Education-Education Studies

I have been a secondary school science teacher and worked in special needs and pupil referal unit schooling. My doctoral thesis, Life on the edge: the role played by school in the lives of young...

Neil Short

Director

Neil Short began his teaching in 1968 and his career in schools included three headships, the first of which was in a small school. In 2000 he began work as a consultant in a wide range of...

Ian Luke

Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic

As Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) I am responsible for strategic and academic development. I have cross-institutional responsibility for Learning & teaching. I have worked in several regions...

Andy Wolfe

Deputy Chief Education Officer

Andy oversees the programmes, networks and research of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership – www.cefel.org.uk working with thousands of school leaders across the UK. He...

Sonia Blandford

CEO

Professor Sonia Blandford is one of the country’s foremost experts on social mobility and author of the influential publication: ‘Born to Fail?: Social Mobility and the Working Class’. Sonia...

Joel Petrie

Joel Petrie has worked in post compulsory education as a lecturer, teacher educator, manager and trade unionist for longer than he cares to admit. He is currently completing an educational...

Maire Daley

Before retiring Maire taught in FE for more than 30 years, latterly as a teacher educator. An active trade unionist, she was a member of the National Executive Committee in NATFHE and UCU, chair...

Kevin Orr

Kevin Orr is professor of work and learning at the University of Huddersfield, where he has been since 2006. Prior to that he taught in colleges around Greater Manchester for 16 years. His...

Sinéad Harmey

Sinéad Harmey is a lecturer in literacy education based at the International Literacy Centre, UCL Institute of Education. Her research interests are rooted in her experiences as primary teacher...

Carole Torgerson

Professor of Educational Evaluation

Carole Torgerson is Professor of Educational Evaluation in the Department of Education at the University of York. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an honorary Professor of...

Ciaran Burke

Associate Professor in Higher Education

I originally studied Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast (2004-2008), after graduation I stayed at Queen’s University to pursue my PhD research (2008-2012) which examined the role of...

Deborah Outhwaite

Director

Deb Outhwaite has worked in education for 30 years. She has taught and examined at A-level, spent a decade teaching undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes. She is Director of...