ROBIN ALEXANDER


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Qualifications

 

MA, PhD, LittD (Cambridge), MEd (Manchester), Acad Dip Ed (London), PGCE (Durham), ATCL (Trinity College of Music)

Honorary: FRSA, FCollT

 

 

Employment in brief

 

1964-77     Teaching in schools and colleges
1977-1995 University of Leeds (Professor of Education, 1990-95)
1995-2001 University of Warwick (Professor of Education, now Emeritus; Director of the Centre for Research in Elementary and Primary Education)
2001 - University of Cambridge (Fellow of Wolfson College; Director of the Cambridge Primary Review)

        
 Research fellowships

1994-5 Leverhulme Research Fellowship
2002-4  Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship

                       
 Visiting positions

2001-2   Hughes Hall, Cambridge (Visiting Fellow)
2005-6   Hong Kong Institute of Education (Sir Edward Youde Visiting Professor)
2010    University of Melbourne (Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow)
2010 National Institute of Education, Singapore (C.J.Koh Professor)

  

 

Public appointments

 

1975-85 Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA)
1989-91  Audit Commission Primary Education Advisory Group
1989-94     Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (CATE)
1991-2   UK government’s ‘three wise men’ enquiry into primary education
1992-3  BFI/TES Commission on the Teaching of English, chaired by Baroness Warnock
1997-2002  Board of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)

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Consultancy

British Council
Department for International Development
European Commission
Hong Kong University Grants Committee
Office for Standards in Education
Swedish Council for the Renewal of Higher Education

 

 

Affiliations and membership

 

 American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Asia Pacific Journal of Education editorial board
Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE), former Chair
British Association for Comparative and International Education (BAICE), President, 2008-9
British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Centre for International Comparative Studies, University of Bristol, visiting professorial member
International Journal of Educational Research editorial board
New Vision Group
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), Fellow
Studies in Higher Education editorial board (formerly)
Teaching and Teacher Education editorial board (formerly)
UK National Commission for UNESCO, EFA Working Group (formerly)

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