Colin Forrest
Principal Researcher: Governance & statistics
Areas of interest and expertise
- Research and impact evaluation
- National education policy change
- Strategic quality improvement
- Statistical analysis
- Governance
Knowledge and experience
Over 35 years experience in schools, further and higher education
- Schools: Science and maths teacher
- FE college: Senior manager
- Learning & Skills Council: Regional Learning and Quality Director
- Learning and Skills Improvement Service: Strategic quality improvement
- University: Governor
- Awarding body: Trustee
- Specialist autism college: Chair of the teaching and learning board
- Keynote speaker
Selection of research
- ETF: Teach Too – Contributor
- ETF: Teach Too Framework for Professional Development in Technical Education – Author
- Leeds Trinity University: Honorary visiting research fellow
- Education & Training Foundation: Programme Assessor – VET & Leadership & Governance
- DfE: Joint Development Practice
- University of Leeds: Doctor of Education – The link between improvement and inspection