Tortoise Education Summit

Is it time for a revolution in learning?

With thanks to our partner Santander

Special guests

Baroness Valerie Amos Director of SOAS, University of London; from September, Master of University College, Oxford
Cami Anderson Five-time CEO of high-profile organizations who has spent over 20 years cutting through systems and politics to push change
Suchetha Bhat CEO, Dream a Dream
Daisy Christodoulou Director of Education at No More Marking. No More Marking provide innovative comparative judgement assessments for schools
Kate Clanchy Author of Orwell nominated Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
Natasha Devon Campaigner and author covering mental health, body image and gender
Peter Gumbel Author of They Shoot Schoolkids, Don’t They?, a critique of the French education system
Josh Hillman Director of Education at the Nuffield Foundation since 2008
Peter Hyman Co-Director of Big Education
Jo Johnson Former Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and head of the No10 Downing Street Policy Unit
Vee Kativhu Founder of Empowered by Vee
Lord Bob Kerslake Former head of the UK civil service and Strategic Advisor at 2020 Delivery
Heather McGowan Author of The Adaption Advantage
George “The Poet” Mpanga Spoken word artist
Marva Rollins Headteacher and School Improvement Advisor
Pasi Sahlberg Professor of education policy, UNSW Sydney
Andreas Schleicher Director for Education and Skills at the OECD
Lavinya Stennett Founder, The Black Curriculum
Su Wijeratna The Lower Master, Eton
Dylan Wiliam Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment, UCL Institute of Education
Professor Yong Zhao Author of Why China has the best (and worst) education system in the world

Our team

We’re on hand to help.

Polly Curtis Editor
Gurjinder Dhaliwal Partners lead
Harika Sihota Members lead
Alfie Habershon Programming lead