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24Sally Goggin,Director Education, British Council IndiaSally comes from Artsbackground but sincejoining the BritishCouncil over 22 yearsago she has movedprogressively intothe governance andeducation sectors.Sally spent the first 10 years of her BritishCouncil career in the UK, latterly as Directorof Operations in the International SeminarsDepartment. She has worked for the past 11years overseas and has been based in thePalestinian Territories, Turkey, and Egypt beforeher current posting to India.In the Palestinian Territories and Turkey Sallyled the Council’s governance agenda, and inparticular managed one of the largest humanrights portfolios on behalf of the Foreign andCommonwealth Office.She continued to work on the governanceagenda in Turkey, where as DirectorGovernance she managed a portfolio of workthat directly supported Turkey’s EU Accessionambitions.While working in Egypt as Deputy Director, Sallywas also Director of Education for the Near Eastand North Africa, a remit covering 9 countriesfrom Morocco through to Syria.During her time overseas Sally has alsomanaged large scale donor funded projectsin Education and Governance for World Bank,DFID and the European Commission.Sally took up her current role as Directorof Education India for the British Councilin September 2008. In this role Sally hasresponsibility and oversight of the BritishCouncil’s work in every aspect of education.Professor Gouri Srivastava, NCERT, DelhiDr. Gouri Srivastavais Professor & HeadDept. of Women’sStudies NCERT. She hasauthored books andresearch articles onwomen’s education anddevelopment. She is arecipient of scholarshipsfrom National and International organizationson issues concerning women’s education andgender concerns in textual materials.Susan Douglas, British Council, UKSusan currently sharesher time between theBritish Council and theEden Academy.As SeniorAdvisor, Schools at theBritish Council Susanhas played a pivotalrole in the developmentof ConnectingClassrooms, a global programme linkingeducation ministries and schools in over 70countries worldwide. She has responsibility forleadership programmes in Asia, Latin America,The Middle East and Africa. As CEO of the EdenAcademy Susan was instrumental in founding,and now leads the board of, a multi-academytrust in London which provides 3-19 educationfor children with profound and multiple learningdifficulties.
25Tim Slingsby, British Council Advisor forPublic Engagement, UKTim has a Ph.D. inmolecular geneticsand continued hiswork at the forefrontof human geneticsresearch with ProfessorSir Alec Jeffreys at theUniversity of Leicester.He has a considerableunderstanding of science communicationand has presented at large internationalmeetings, to political and commercial scientificleaders at the House of Commons and toboth students and the general public. Timis currently the British Council's Advisor forPublic Engagement in Science and was mostrecently a senior manager in an organisationthat aims to enrich science learning in schools,making a significant contribution to thesuccess of that organisation in the U.K. He hasinvaluable insight into the medical technology,biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries,being particularly concerned with numerousEU and UK projects that required engagementwith very different sectors of the scientificcommunity. Through work with GreenforceEnvironmental Expeditions, Tim has engagedin the field of biodiversity and wildlifeconservation.Professor Anupam Ahuja, NCERT, IndiaProfessor AnupamAhuja is an internationalconsultant on inclusionand development andreview of educationalprogrammes. Sheworks at the NationalCouncil of EducationalResearch and Trainingand has over 30 yearsof experience in the field of education witha focus on developing inclusive practices.She is the founder member of the EENETAsia. Anupam has numerous assignments oninitiating, guiding and evaluating inclusiveprogrammes in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europefor UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, and a numberof other international organisations. She hascontributed to many international publications on education and school improvement formarginalised groups.Bryan Berry, Centre Director,Science Learning Centre, South West, UKBryan Berry is CentreDirector for the ScienceLearning CentreSouth West and amember of the At-Bristol executive team.Bryan spent ten yearsteaching secondaryscience at John CabotCity Technology College, Bristol, leaving asAssistant Principal with responsibility forcurriculum and assessment. During this timehe taught Science, Physics, Further Mathsand Music Technology. Prior to this, Bryanserved in the Royal Air Force for 12 years asan aircraft engineer. Bryan has a BSc (Hons) inmechanical engineering, a PGCE in Physics, MAEducation Management and an MBA in BusinessManagement. He is a chartered member of theInstitute of Physics and fellow of the RSA.SPEAKER PROFILESPOLICY DIALOGUE 9 - 10 January 2013
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