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Pioneering the exploration of how we learn
THE LEARNUS COUNCIL TEAM
Richard Newton Chance - Chair
Former Principal of Queen Elizabeth's Community College in Devon, Educational Consultant
Professor Derek Bell
Director of Learnus, Professor of Education,  The College of Teachers, Visiting Research Associate, UCL Institute of Education
Caroline Shott
Founder and CEO of Learning Skills Research Foundation.  CEO of Learnus and Maths Anxiety Trust
Chris Green
Chairman of Learning Skills Research Foundation
Former CEO of The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA)
Paul Brett
Trustee of Learning Skills Research Foundation
Fay Cosgrove
Primary school teacher since 2005, regional lead practitioner for numeracy, a facilitator for the Outstanding Teacher Programme and consults on the Welsh government's expert panel. She has master's degrees in Education and Social Science Research Methods and has conducted research for the National Network for Excellence in Maths.
Dr Helen Darlington
Faculty Progress Leader for Science at South Wirral High School
Jeremy Dudman Jones
Former Assistant Head Teacher of Greenford High School, Middlesex
Jane Emerson
Founder and Director of Emerson House, a specialist centre for dyscalculia and dyslexia
Dr Sylvia Gattas
Research Fellow in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Learnus international ambassador. UNESCO Science of Learning advisor 
Jo Van Herwegen
Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education, Academic Head of Research for Psychology and Human Development. Director of Centre for Educational Neuroscience
Gwenneth Lee
Gwen is Education Advisor/Excellence Advisor for Art at Camden Learning.  She has been working in Camden schools for over 25 years, with 17 years spent as headteacher at Christopher Hatton Primary School.
Sarah McCarthy
Sarah is a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Surrey and the Co-Investigator of Applied Musicology Research at the University of Roehampton. Sarah's research focus is spatial cognition and how it can be harnessed to improve children's educational outcomes
Dr Kendra McMahon
Reader in Education at Bath Spa University, co-lead of the Centre for Research in Scientific and Technological Education and Learning. Her research and writing is on science education, particularly in primary schools, and in this context she has researched formative assessment, dialogic talk and is now exploring education and neuroscience.
Dr Anne Murray-Hudson
Former Head teacher of Langley Park School for Girls, Founder of Langley Park Academies Trust, has extensive senior leadership experience. She holds the National Professional Qualification in Headship as well as a PhD in Education. Her expertise includes teacher training and school inspection.
 
Pat Reed
Former Head of Learning Support at Alleyn's Junior School
Dr Rebecca Torrance-Jenkins
Science Teacher, Learning Consultant and writer for academic, teaching and parent audiences about how educational neuroscience and psychology can be used to better understand and help young people learn
Lysandra Sinclair-Harding
Doctoral Researcher in Psychology, Neuroscience and Education at University of Cambridge