Dr Elizabeth Walker

Principal Researcher: Diversity & inclusion

Areas of interest and expertise

• Research and impact evaluation
• National education policy change
• Strategic quality improvement
• Diversity and inclusion
• Governance

Knowledge and experience

Over 35 years experience in schools, further and higher education

• Schools, FE & HE sectors: Teacher, manager, policy adviser
• Further Education Staff College: Researcher
• National senior leadership development programme: Director
• Education MBA, Diploma Certificate, NVQ management development programmes: Lead
• National Evaluation Research Centre for the Education and Training Sector: Developer and lead
• Black Leadership Initiative Steering Group: Member
• Women’s Leadership Network: Member
• Ofsted: Inspector
• School: Chair of Governors

Selection of research

• The development of evaluation frameworks and lead on a wide range of evaluation research, including longitudinal evaluations for clients including: ETF, LSIS, LLUK, TDA, LSC, SFC, NCSL, BLI, WLN and a number of FE and skills providers