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Members' biographiesMembers of the Forum were:Professor Sir Michael Peckham (Chair) As first Director of Research and Development for the National Health Service and Department of Health, Sir Michael Peckham oversaw the creation of an R&D Strategy and programme for healthcare which launched the Cochrane Centre and laid the basis for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. He chaired the Government’s Technology Foresight Panel on the Future of Healthcare, founded and directed the School of Public Policy, University College London, and was Director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation. A cancer specialist, he was Dean of the Institute of Cancer Research and Civilian Consultant to the Royal Navy. He has had eleven solo exhibitions of his paintings. Drawings made in the notes of patients under his care when he was involved in the development of curative treatments for testicular cancer and Hodgkin’s Disease were shown in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2004. Professor Richard Andrews, University of York Richard Andrews is Professor of Educational Studies at the University of York where his interests include argumentation in education, theories of learning and development and language education. He is a member of the editorial boards of English in Australia and Informal Logic, and is associate editor of Education, Communication and Information. He recently edited The Impact of ICT on Literacy Education based on the work of the English Review Group, a group that works with the EPPI-Centre in London, part of the government's initiative to support systematic reviews of research-based information in education. Mike Campbell OBE, Sector Skills Development Agency Mike Campbell is Director of Strategy and Research at the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA). Before which he was Director of the Policy Research Institute, which he founded in 1988. A designated EU and OECD expert, he has undertaken research and consultancy for the European Commission, OECD, World Bank, DfES, and other organisations. He was the European Commission's labour market expert for the UK from 1997-2001. He was a member of the research group supporting the Skills Task Force and an adviser to the Cabinet Office on Workforce Development. He was awarded an OBE for services to economic development in 2004. Professor Charles Desforges OBE, University of Exeter Professor Charles Desforges, a founder member of the National Forum, was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of the School of Education at the University of Exeter. From 1998 to 2002 he was Director of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. He taught school science from1963 to 1973. He was editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology for five years. Recent publications include ‘Numeracy and Beyond’ (2000) (with Martin Hughes), ‘Teaching and Learning’ (2002) (with Richard Fox), and a report for DfES ‘The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement’. He was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to education. Professor Usha Goswami, University of Cambridge Usha Goswami, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, was formerly Professor of Cognitive Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. Her research focuses on relations between phonology and reading and she is engaged in setting up a Centre for Neuroscience in Education. She was a member of the Managing Committee of the European Concerted Action on Learning Disorders as a Barrier to Human Development and is a member of the Neurosciences and Mental Health Board of the Medical Research Council. She is Editor of Applied Psycholinguistics. Her career awards include the British Psychology Society Spearman Medal and Fellowships from the National Academy of Education (USA) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). Paul Logan, Finham Park School, Coventry Paul Logan is Head of Finham Park School. This large mixed comprehensive school in Coventry is a Mathematics and Computing Specialist College, a Training School, a Leading Edge School and a hub for Coventry’s Creative Partnership arrangements. It aims to become an authorised centre for the delivery of the International Baccalaureate in 2005. He has had experience as a trainer for the National Professional Qualification for Headship. He is a Council member on the Coventry and Warwickshire Learning Skills Council, for whom he is currently undertaking a research project on post -16 collaboration. He is a member of two Steering Groups at the Warwick University School of Education. Having graduated from the Leicester University MBA in Educational Management programme with distinction last year, he has a particular interest in action-centred research. Professor Andrew Pollard, Teaching and Learning Research Programme Professor Pollard is Director of the ESRC’s Teaching and Learning Research Programme. His work has focused on socio-cultural models of learning in homes, schools and communities and their implications for policy and practice. The main vehicle for this has been the Identity and Learning Programme (ILP), a longitudinal ethnography tracing the interaction of identity, learning, assessment, career and social differentiation in children's experiences of schooling from age 4 to 16. He also co-directed the Primary, Assessment, Curriculum and Experience project (PACE) tracking the impact of education legislation on practices and experiences of teachers and pupils in English primary school classrooms. He has worked many UK education agencies and funding bodies such as ESRC, TTA, QCA and HEFCE. He served on the education panels of the UK Research Assessment Exercise in 1996 and 2001. Pat Reynolds, Greenwich LEA Ms Reynolds a founder member of the National Education Research Forum, is Assistant Director of Effectiveness and Improvement at the London Borough of Greenwich. She was previously been Head of School Improvement and Advisory and Inspection Services at Essex LEA. For five years she was headteacher of The Rushden School, Northamptonshire, an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school. Prior to that she was a science teacher and deputy head for 15 years. Professor Kathy Sylva, University of Oxford Professor Sylva is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oxford. She is one of the leaders of the DfES research on effective provision of pre-school and primary education. A related theme in her work is the role of early intervention in combating social disadvantage and exclusion. She was Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee on Education and Employment during their Enquiry into Early Education (2001). She serves on government advisory committees concerned with national assessment, evaluation of programmes such as Sure Start, and curriculum for children 0-7 years. Professor Sylva is Chair of the Research Committee, and Coordinator of the Families, Early Learning and Literacy (FELL) research unit. In 2002 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. Professor Geoff Whitty, Institute of Education Professor Whitty is Director of the Institute of Education in London. He was formerly Dean and Professor of Education at Bristol Polytechnic (1985) and Chair of Policy and Management in Education at Goldsmiths' College (1990). In 1992 he joined the Institute of Education as the Karl Mannheim Professor of the Sociology of Education and was appointed the Institute's Dean of Research in 1998. His research interests include the sociology of education, education policy, teacher education and health education. He has undertaken comparative studies of education policy in other countries and is frequently engaged as an evaluator by local education and health authorities. His main publications include Devolution and Choice in Education (Open University Press, 1998), The State and Private Education (Falmer, 1989) and Specialisation and Choice in Urban Education (Routledge, 1993). His latest book, Teacher Education in Transition, will be published by Open University Press later this year. Jill Wilson, Oathall Community College, West Sussex Jill Wilson, is headteacher of Oathall Community College in West Sussex which is piloting a ‘Researcher in Residence’ project in collaboration with the Innovation Unit and Sussex University. During a year’s secondment to her LEA as a secondary management advisor she used research evidence to inform the development of two major projects that have attracted wider interest. Her areas of interest include the role of subject and pastoral leaders in school improvement; the application of research findings to effective teaching and learning with a particular focus on assessment; and the role of pupils in informing research into school improvement. Her recently completed a MA in School Effectiveness and Improvement forms the basis of a chapter in a book on school effectiveness and the critical practitioner researcher. She was a founder member of the National Education Research Forum. Professor John Wood, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils Professor John Wood, Chief Executive of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), is on secondment from the University of Nottingham where he was Dean of engineering. In 1989 Professor Wood became Cripps Professor of Materials Engineering at Nottingham and head of department. His research has been in the area of materials processing of non-equilibrium structures. During his research career he has consulted for international companies, governments and is a director of M4 Technologies, Maney Publications and a trustee of the Industrial Trust. He was chair of the UK Government's Foresight panel from 1997 until 2001. Professor Wood has won the Grunfeld and the Ivor Jenkin's prizes of the Institute of Materials and was awarded the "William Johnson Gold Medal" in 2001 for "a lifetime's achievement in materials processing." He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1999. John Elliott, Department for Education and Skills (ex officio member) John Elliott is Chief Economist at the Department for Education and Skills. He has been responsible for developing and maintaining the DFES's overarching evidence base for the Spending Review. As Chief Economist he manages the Department’s Data Services Group which has responsibility for the collection and dissemination of statistics which the Department uses on a day-to-day basis. A career highlight was the successful evaluation over a three-year period of the Education Maintenance Allowance pilot programme providing means-tested support for 16 and 17 year-olds who have remained in full-time education. As a result of the successful evaluation of the pilot phase, this programme was implemented nationally in 2004. Dr Andrew Morris, Director of NERF Andrew Morris is Director of the National Educational Research Forum. He works with the chair of the Forum, Sir Michael Peckham, to design and implement its programme of activity. He was previously a research manager at the Learning and Skills Development Agency, focusing on capacity, methods and impact of research. He led the Learning and Skills Research Network and was editor of the journal Learning and Skills Research. Formerly, he was Director of Marketing and Development at City and Islington College, Deputy Director of Islington Sixth Form College and a science teacher. |
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