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Professor George E Holmes DL | President & Vice Chancellor
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University of Bolton, why we are the right choice
Location - Bolton, Greater Manchester
Professor David Hopkins is currently Chair of Educational Leadership at the University of Bolton, as well as being Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University College London and the University of Nottingham.
David is passionately committed to improving the quality of education for all and has worked at the intersection of policy, research and practice for over forty years. Among a range of educational roles, he has been Chief Adviser to three Secretary of States on school standards in the UK, Dean of Education at the University of Nottingham, a secondary school teacher and Outward Bound Instructor.
David has recently completed his school improvement trilogy with the publication of Exploding the Myths of School Reform. Previous books being School Improvement for Real (2001) and Every School a Great School (2007).
He was recently ranked as the 16th most influential educator in the world by the American based Global Gurus organisation.