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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...

Kevin Richardson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

Dr Kevin Richardson is assistant professor of educational leadership and management in the Centre for Research in Educational Leadership & Management (CRELM) at the University of Nottingham. He...

Howard Gardner

Research Professor of Cognition and Education

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at...

Bill Lucas

Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL)

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton. In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as...

Sarah Bracken

Headteacher

Sarah is the Headteacher of a lovely 2 form entry school in the south of Coventry called Finham Primary School. 27 years of teaching experience, has seen her teach across the entire school...