Malcolm has worked in local government as an Education Officer and Director of Education; at the Scottish Executive as a Professional Advisor and at Interactive University, where he delivered international education programmes at University Entry (Foundation) level.
He now works as an Educational Consultant and manages E3Net, the Educational Expertise Exchange Network, where he is also a Director.
Stuart has worked as an Assistant Head Teacher, HM Inspector, and professional advisor to the Scottish Executive where he had overall responsibility for the National Grid for learning in Scotland, and initiated a range of initiatives including the Connected Magazine, MasterClass and the SSDN project (now launched as GLOW).
He has policy-
Neil is currently an Education Consultant and mentor. He was Chief Executive of Scottish Local Authority and Director of Education and Leisure Services for over twenty years. He was also a former Chair of the (then) Curriculum Council, member of the (then) Scottish Examination Board, and Education College Governor.
Shelagh was Director of Education and Leisure Services from 1995 to 2005 with previous experience as Head of Service (Schools) and Assistant Director for Further Education. She has a wide range of experience in developing strategy, management structures and quality improvement.
While Director, Shelagh was President of ADES and Chair of the ADES Directors Forum as well as being a member of various national bodies/committees and a number of review groups. Since retiring, Shelagh has undertaken consultancy work for ADES (the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland), HMIe (Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education), Local Governments, NCH and the Scottish Leadership Foundation.
Bart has extensive experience of supporting self-
As Head of a Learning Community, Bart has carried strategic responsibility for the delivery of services in both Primary and Secondary Schools in South Lanarkshire.
Linda has been a Primary Headteacher and a Senior Officer in two Education Authorities,
where strategic responsibilities included Leadership and Management, Policy Writing,
School Improvement, Quality Assurance/Supported Self-
She has worked as an Associate Assessor with HMIe, and has been involved in a wide range of National Groups with a particular interest in ICT. She has planned and delivered the national Masterclass programme for Headteachers, Leadership for Learning. Recently she has worked as a consultant within the UK and abroad and is currently supporting and advising on the implementation of the Scottish Government’s National Plan for Gaelic.
Chris has worked as an Assistant Head Teacher in charge of a Primary Department and
a local authority Education Advisor with responsibility for staff development and
the implementation of 5-
David has spent thirty-
He has accepted invitations to speak to a number of bodies including an International IT symposium, University training programmes for Headteachers and HMIe conferences.
Alan is a recently retired HM Inspector of Education who has also worked as an Education Officer. He managed the quality assurance of the national New Opportunities Fund ICT training scheme for teachers and school librarians, took part in a number of joint research projects with other European partners and has participated in the current national review of the curriculum.
Alan was Lead inspector for future learning and for ICT in learning and teaching and was a member of the creativity in learning team within HMIE. For the last 3/4 years, he acted as lead inspector for the secondary sector.
Bill has been a High School Head; Director of School Reviews in Australia; a Senior Education Adviser at the Standards & Effectiveness Unit, DfES; HM Chief Inspector with responsibility for the Quality, Standards & Audit Division at HMIE; Director of Education and CEA at Islington and, since 1990, has been an international education consultant who has worked in Hong Kong, China, USA, S Africa, Thailand, and Argentina.
Richard has worked at a Governmental strategic level in Education/ICT in a variety
of roles including as Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Educational Technology
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He is the author of the National Professional Qualification for Headship materials on the strategic leadership of ICT and has provided consultancy and Strategic Advice re National ICT in Education Strategy and Planning in India, Mexico, Estonia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan.
Derek has been a Primary Headteacher, an adviser in Primary Education and a Head of Primary and Nursery Education. He has played aleading role in a number of national & international developments, being awarded the CBE for work with New Community Schools.
He has been a member of national committees including: Post Graduate Initial Teacher Education, Expert Reference Group, New Community Schools National Steering Group, Nursing in Schools, and School Health Profile.
Roger was a Director at the National Extension College (NEC) an educational charity providing open and distance learning courses to over 10,000 students per year.
He has managed work-
Morag is a qualified Support for Learning teacher who worked for many years as a Principal Teacher of Support for Learning. She has attended and delivered a wide range of training programmes and has recently been recruited to provide consultancy services for Edinburgh City Council Education Department; work that includes training of Principal Teachers and developing policies which bring Council practise into line with the new ASN legislation.
Jane is an education manager with extensive expertise in strategic planning, process
management and international education. She has conducted in-
Plaxy is an experienced teacher and international educationalist who has worked in
schools the UK, France, the United States and India. She has held a range of posts
including teacher, Director of Studies, Chair of the Board of Governors and National
Director for a large e-
Tom has been a (SQH qualified) Depute Head Teacher, a learning consultant and a Qualifications Manager with the Scottish Qualifications Authority. He has delivered training and consultancy services throughout the UK and internationally.
Gerry has been a Maths Teacher, Principal teacher, Headteacher of a special school,
local
authority Advisor and a Director of SCHOLAR. He is a member of the European Committee
of Royal Society of Edinburgh and has been a consultant on a number of European projects.
He is actively involved in the Euroscholar project and has been awarded the Chevalier,
Ordre des Palmes Academiques.
Tabetha has run her own e-
Bruce has over 30 years experience in the field of ICT, working initially with British
Telecom, the London Borough of Camden and The British Library. In 1976, he moved
to Scotland as Head of Systems at the National Library and during the mid-
Phil is a Former President SAGT, and author of Geography texts, and computer software based upon national development work. Six years in school senior management including Headteacher and five years with Learning and Teaching Scotland. Phil has expertise in the use of ICT for school administration and management (oversaw ITSMAD project at LTS) and currently runs the “Heads Together” programme – an online community for all of Scotland’s Head Teachers.
Joe was Head of the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges Office in Scotland, then moved to a similar role with the British Council when the organisations were merged.
He has a wide range of experience of international education programmes, their
administration, benefits and issues. He has been a member of various working parties
and groups for Scottish Local Authorities, SEED and LTS (Masterclass in International
Education).
He was a co-
Martin has 30 years of experience in the field of ICT in education, with 25 years of involvement in research, evaluation and delivering professional development. He is familiar with the educational systems in Scotland, England and Wales and has worked and led projects involving about a dozen other countries. He was until recently a Director with Futurelab and now has his own educational research and development company.
Douglas has had an extensive range of experiences during his 20 years in schools followed by 5 years as an ICT in Education consultant and trainer where he carried out training and consultancy in ICT and educational software. His expertise includes Primary, KS3 and Special Needs, and he has experience of content management in creating educational software for commercial companies, Project Management for BECTA, work on TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models for schools and BSF consultancy work.
John is a Director of the Virtual Staff College Scotland, which provides staff development
for Directors of Education and their senior staff. He is a former Director of Education
and non-
Robert is currently Depute Director, Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research. He is a former Advisor in Modern Languages and HM Inspector of Schools.
Hugh has worked as an SQA Quality auditor and Qualifications manager and has extensive development and examination experience.
John has worked as a Quality Improvement Officer where he had the opportunity to
be involved in all areas of the curriculum with pupils from pre-
Zhongyi was regional manager of an international education programme for four years and is currently project manager to a UK curriculum body in China.
John was the Head of a Learning Community where he had direct responsibility for a number of schools. He has also worked as an Education Officer, Quality Services Manager an Inspector in the Strathclyde Region Quality Assurance Unit and as a lecturer and researcher at Glasgow University.
Walter has statistical consultancy experience with clients such as IBM, ICI and Motorola and was a small business computer consultant for 5 years. He was an HM Inspector for nearly 20 years where he was involved in ICT in education; new curriculum developments; IT systems within HMI; ICT in further education and the computer education curriculum.
Hamish was a Primary Headteacher for 15 years both in small rural, small town and in a large urban setting. He then went on to be a Primary Adviser, Education Officer, Assistant Director of Education, Head of Service and latterly for five years Director of Education and Recreation with Aberdeenshire Council. He has experience in running a large E.A.(6th. largest in Scotland); budget preparation and management; Q.A and; project management.
John was Director of Learning & Leisure in Aberdeen for 10 years. He is currently ADES General Secretary and a Professional Adviser to various groups and projects.
John spent 5 Years as a Field Marketing Mgr/Trainer Procter and Gamble UK; 12 Years
teaching including serving as Chair of the Glasgow Geography Panel; PT Guidance and
Assistant Head Teacher; 20 years SEO/ Secretary of the Educational Broadcasting Council
for Scotland. He has pan-
Ron has been involved in ICT initiatives in Learning and Teaching for the past 20
years including National and Local initiatives. He has worked with Grampian and Aberdeenshire
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Kevin was a Secondary teacher at various levels for some 20 years, latterly specialising in ICT. He has subsequently been a University Principal Lecturer and online Facilitator. He holds membership in CMALT and is a FHEA along with his TQ and Masters.
Kevin is a published author in Computing and also Learning Online, and piloted the Heads Together Community for Scottish Head teachers for 2 years before handing over to Learning and Teaching Scotland; but continued to act as consultant to them. He ran the Glasgow ‘notschool’ pilot for disaffected youngsters for a year, and now works extensively online. He also presents regularly at conferences on all aspects of innovative online learning.
Keir was Chief Executive, Clackmannanshire Council, 2000-
Elspeth is a qualified executive coach, and assessor for the ILM Diploma in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, with five years coaching and coach training experience at senior and middle management levels, mainly in the public sector. Formerly Director of Communications for the Education and Training Group of the British Council and Head of Schools Unit at the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchange, she has extensive experience in European and international education programmes.
Previously, she was Assistant Director of the Basic Skills Agency (national agency in England and Wales); and Head of a local authority adult basic education and ESOL service (LB of Waltham Forest).
Vivian has been an Education and Training Consultant since leaving the Education
and Training Inspectorate (ETI) Northern Ireland in 2005 after 27 years service.
He served as Assistant Chief Inspector for Northern Ireland from 2000 to 2005; During
2007 he was Principal International Adviser to the Minister and Deputy Minister of
Education in Kabul Afghanistan on all aspects of implementing Afghanistan‚ Strategic
and Operational Plans for education reform. In 2006, he was International Adviser
to the Ministry of Education & Science Tbilisi Georgia and served on the University
of Oxford's team reviewing Teacher Education in Wales commissioned by the Welsh Assembly.
In 2000-
Eric spent 25 years in teaching and teacher training up to Principal level, including
three years in Africa; 18 years full-
Alex led the planning and development of proposals for Education business throughout
EMEA, supporting revenue of $30m per year. He has worked with virtual teams to
prepare bids for universities and schools, with an impressive 70% success rate. He
has also developed proposals for e-
Alex is the author of three White Papers on e-
An experienced IT Project Manager, Alex is professionally qualified through the US
Project Management Institute. He has non-
Anne founded Agba in 2003 after a career in public, private and education sectors. Agba is a business development consultancy providing a range of services to support the development of public, private and voluntary sector organisations. The business includes strategic analysis and change management, programme and project management, research and evaluation, development and delivery of training programmes and training in risk and programme/project management. Agba‚’s core clients are mainly in the education and training sector. Services to these organisations cover qualifications and training material development, delivery of training in programme management and risk management, and programme/project management consultancy.
Anne is an accredited trainer in programme, risk and change management and regularly delivers courses and workshops to senior managers from organisations across all sectors. Anne works throughout the UK and Europe. The European work is focused mainly on transnational programmes/projects concerned with various aspects of training, workforce development, social inclusion and diversity management. She is also an experienced programme/project manager and has held senior positions in many national and transnational projects.
Jean has worked as a self-
Jean began her career as a research technician before becoming a teacher. As an Additional Inspector she takes part in joint area reviews of children’s services, often leading the youth service inspection as part of the review. She also edits inspection reports for Ofsted. As an HMI the varied remit covered the inspection of colleges, schools, children’s services, Connexions partnerships and youth services.
Stella has several years experience as a senior manager and advisor with the Scottish Government in the field of children's services. She has also been a Depute Chief Inspector with the Social Work Inspection Agency and an Assistant Chief Probation Officer in England Her academic experience includes writing, research and teaching on management and organisations.
Allison has a a well-
Allison is skilled in analysing trend data and documentation for funding. She is experienced in writing and delivering keynote presentations and presentations for executive meetings. Her Hay McBer ECI inventory indicates strengths in organisational awareness, relationship management, teamwork and collaboration, “inspirational leadership”, as a change catalyst, and developing and influencing others as well as working vertically as well as horizontally across organisations.