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Valerie Hannon is hosting a seminar at Queen's University Belfast on 19 February 2008.
Valerie is the Director of Strategy at the Innovation Unit and has a distinguished background working to promote creativity in learning and teaching.
She was, until 1999, the Director of Education of Derbyshire County LEA. Formerly Deputy Director of Education in Sheffield, she has worked in a broad range of LAs, and was an adviser to the Local Government Association. Before joining local government she was a senior research fellow in the University of Sheffield and a teacher.
Valerie Hannon was a member of the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education, which produced the report All Our Futures (1999, Department for Education and Employment / Department for Culture Media and Sport). She subsequently acted as adviser to the DfES, the QCA and to the Creative Partnerships programme, to promote creativity in learning, teaching and leadership
She has worked independently with a range of LAs and other public agencies interested in innovative approaches to the raising of standards. She is a regular contributor to conferences and seminars on these themes.
Her interests include the contribution of other sectors (particularly the creative, cultural and 3rd sectors) to the transformation of education in the 21st century; the role of leadership; and international approaches to these issues.
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