Professor Deborah Eyre
Director
National Academy for the Gifted and Talented Youth
United Kingdom
Professor Deborah Eyre is the Director
of the Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY).
The Academy was created by the UK government in 2002
and based in the University of Warwick. It has a remit
to lead improvements in education for gifted and talented
children up to the age of 19 years.
An ex teacher, LEA adviser and university
academic, her current role combines advising and shaping
the gifted dimension of national education initiatives
as well as directing NAGTY’s work with schools,
students and parents.
Deborah has had a long-standing interest
in the education of able/gifted pupils and has worked
in this field for over twenty five years. She is a leading
academic researcher with a particular interest in classroom
pedagogy for gifted and talented children. Her academic
work includes models for helping teachers improve their
practice in schools (Structured Tinkering) and for integrating
gifted education into general education structures (The
English Model). She is author of many books and articles
including the seminal text ‘Able Children in Ordinary
Schools’ - a guidance handbook for teachers and
head teachers.
During her career, she established
the Oxford Brookes Research Centre for Able Pupils,
designed the government’s National Training Programme
for Co-ordinators of Gifted and Talented Pupils in EiC
schools and served as a specialist adviser to the House
of Commons Education Select Committee.
Deborah is a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Arts, a Professor of Education at the University
of Warwick, Trustee of the National Primary Trust and
an Executive Committee Member of the WCGTC (World Council
for Gifted and Talented Children).
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Dr Chris Yapp
Head
of Public Sector Innovation
Microsoft
United Kingdom Patron
National Association of Able Children in Education
United Kingdom
Chris Yapp has been in the IT Industry
since 1980. Most recently he is Head of Public Sector
Innovation. Before that he has held a number of roles
at Honeywell, ICL and Hewlett Packard.
He has been involved in Public Sector
IT for the majority of that period and has been involved
in many policy and advisory groups on strategic and
management aspects of IT.
Chris is a Patron of National Association
of Able Children in Education (NACE), and a Trustee
of world e-citizens. Chris is also an Associate of the
think tank, DEMOS, and a former Director of the Internet
Society of England. He is a past Trustee of the School
for Social Entrepreneurs and the British Committee of
the UK-Canada colloquia. He is a frequent public speaker
and writer on the e-agenda. His most recent publication
is 'Personalization of education in the 21st century'. |
