The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Estelle Morris
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Speaker Topics
- Secondary
- School Improvement
- Raising Standards
- Professional Development
- Policy Making
- Motivation
- Leadership
- Higher Education
- Arts And Education
Introduction
Estelle started her career in education as a teacher in an inner city multi racial comprehensive school where she taught for 18 years. In 1992 she entered Parliament and in 2001 became the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. She followed this with 2 years as a Minister at the Department of Culture Media and Sport and left Parliament in 2005.
Since then she has combined a career that includes senior posts both in education and the arts as well as being a member of the House of Lords. She is a trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and The Roundhouse and Chair of the National Coalmining Museum.
Estelle’s roles in education have allowed her to see the education landscape from classroom teacher to senior policy maker and it is this breadth of experience that is now reflected in her comments and analysis of education. Amongst other posts she now works at the Institute of Effective Education at the University of York which aims to transform the relationship between education research and practice so that policy making and teaching can become more evidence based.
She is a regular contributor to Guardian Education.
Current Positions Held
• Chair, Strategy Board, The Institute of Effective Education, University of York.
• Advisory Member, Hot Courses Publishing Company.
• Director, Performing Rights Society.
• Member of the House of Lords.
Personal Achievements and Awards
• 2005 Appointed to the House of Lords.
• 1999 Appointed to the Privy Council.
• 2003 Minister of the Year Award BBC/House Magazine.
• Numerous Honorary Doctorates and Degrees.
1974 B.Ed University of Warwick.
Relevant Career and Professional Background
• Pro Vice Chancellor, The University of Sunderland. 2005 -2008
• Chair, Children’s Workforce Development Council. 2005 -2007
• Minister for the Arts, Department Culture Media and Sport. 2003 – 2005
• Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Department for Education and Skills. 2001 – 2002
• Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley. 1992 – 2005
• Teacher at an inner city, multi racial, comprehensive, mixed 11 – 18 school. 1974 – 1992
Additional Information
Amongst the many diverse organisations to which Estelle contributes are The Paul Hamlyn Foundation of which she is a Trustee, Goldsmiths College where she sits on the Council, The Chairmanship of the Bradford National Coal Mining Museum and acting as a Trustee at the Roundhouse.
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" Estelle put the current changes into context, giving us all lots of things to reflect on and a feeling of empowerment. "