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Washington, District Of Columbia

London, UK

• Skills and responsibilities: Responsible for the formal managerial function of the Education Support Programme and its staff, procedural issues within OSF and coordinating the work of fourteen staff spread across six.
• Key Achievements: In addition to core programmatic management, lead on two main programme initiatives: the Privatisation in Education Research Initiative (PERI) and Education in Conflict and Crisis Affected Countries.
• Highlights: Co-chair the Steering Group of the Inter Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE); oversight of 18 research projects into privatisation of public education in 19 countries in Africa and Asia.

London, United Kingdom

• Skills and Responsibilities: As part of a small and reasonably resourced programme, was responsible for the strategic development and management of a diverse portfolio of research, operational programmes and grants.
• Key Achievements: Review of OSI education operations in 21 conflict-affected states; scoping study of education justice issues in six countries in MENA region; development of global research initiative into.
• Highlights: Representing OSI at senior-level multi- and bi-lateral meetings and conferences, including the International Conference on Education in Geneva and FTI discussions on global education financing in Washington.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Previous work contributed to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of a neo-liberal economic agenda in education, assisted in the identification of key discourse shapers in this area, and enabled a better comprehension of contextual socio-cultural and politico-economic realities in which privatized education services are growing. My research focus as a.

South Africa

Pilot study to initiate the development of a new evaluation framework of Reflect adult education programmes. Primary research carried out in South Africa.

London, United Kingdom

Main responsibility for primary research with a range of global stakeholders and writing international reports on two themes; sustainable funding mechanisms for CSO advocacy in education and building and strengthening CSO coalitions. Secondary responsibilities included the management of 16 consultants in Africa and Asia, involving multiple field support.

London, United Kingdom

Invited to write report on Non-formal Education in Tanzania as background paper to 2008 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report. Desk based study.

Dphil, Education

Msc, Educational Research Methodology

Msc, Development Studies

Ma(Hons), Mental Philosophy