Monday 2 March 2015
19:00
Lord Adonis and Brett Wigdortz
Closing the education divide: How the UK can solve one of society’s most stubborn problems
Lord Andrew Adonis is a British Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords since 2005. He is one of the UK’s most influential figures in education, having been one of the chief architects of the Academy programme and the radical university tuition fees and grants reform of 2004. He is also a valued Trustee of Teach First, and champions the understanding that the next level of educational improvements will come from raising the quality of teachers.
Before joining government, Adonis was a journalist and academic focusing on public policy and constitutional analysis. He was Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times and is a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he gained a PhD in modern political history. Adonis served 12 years in government as a Minister and special adviser and was Secretary of State for Transport, Minister for Schools, Head of the No.10 Policy Unit and senior No. 10 adviser on education, public services and constitutional reform.
Lord Andrew Adonis is a British Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords since 2005. He is one of the UK’s most influential figures in education, having been one of the chief architects of the Academy programme and the radical university tuition fees and grants reform of 2004. He is also a valued Trustee of Teach First, and champions the understanding that the next level of educational improvements will come from raising the quality of teachers.
Before joining government, Adonis was a journalist and academic focusing on public policy and constitutional analysis. He was Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times and is a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he gained a PhD in modern political history. Adonis served 12 years in government as a Minister and special adviser and was Secretary of State for Transport, Minister for Schools, Head of the No.10 Policy Unit and senior No. 10 adviser on education, public services and constitutional reform.
