Professor Alan Smithers BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, FSRHE is the Director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research. He has previously been Sydney Jones Professor of Education at the University of Liverpool, Professor of Policy Research at Brunel University and Professor of Education at the University of Manchester. He is Special Adviser to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee and has served on a number of national committees.
His recent research has included teacher provision both in the UK and other countries, international comparisons of educational performance, assessment policies and qualifications structures, vocational education, and trends in higher education. He has published a number of influential books and reports, and over a hundred papers in biology, psychology and education. His research often leads him to be asked to comment on the educational issues of the day.
Professor Smithers can be contacted directly:
Email: alan.smithers@buckingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1280 820270 (direct line)
Tel: +44 (0)7974 765864 (mobile)