Last updated: December 2022 137 9 .4 Independent Review Group (IRG) List of membership: Those for whom qualifications matter most Learners • Beinn Grant (Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament) • Ruby Cardie (Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament) • Supported by Mo Whelton, member of staff from the Scottish Youth Parliament Parents/Carers • Cheryl Burnett (National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS)) • Barrie Sheppard and John Semple (NPFS) • Eileen Prior from May 2022 until March 2023, then Patrick McGlinchey from March until May 2023 (Connect) Design, development and delivery of qualifications Teachers and lecturers • Andrea Bradley (General Secretary, EIS Union) • Peter Bain (Headteacher) • Andrew Findlater (Principal Teacher) Design and development • Douglas Hutchison (Local government) • Dr Gill Stewart (SQA) • Martyn Ware (SQA) • Aileen Ponton from May 2022 until December 2022, then Pauline Radcliffe from January until May 2023 (SCQF, National qualifications alignment) Informing the process: research base • Professor Chris Chapman (University of Glasgow) - the process of change • Dr Joseph Smith (University of Stirling) - advised by Professor Mark Priestley (University of Stirling) - curriculum 138 • Professor Jo-Anne Baird (University of Oxford) - qualifications • Dr Edward Sosu (Strathclyde University) - inclusion and equity Informing the process: policy base • Professor Ken Muir (University of the West of Scotland) Putting - Learners at the Centre (2022) • Professor Gordon Stobart (University of Oxford) - Upper-secondary education student assessment in Scotland (2021) • Professor Graham Donaldson (University of Glasgow) - Curriculum for Excellence/Teaching Scotland’s Future (2010) Those who use qualifications • Business/industry – Tracy Black (CBI) - Employers • Professor Ken Thomson (Forth Valley College) - Further Education • Professor Jonathan Powles (University of the West of Scotland) - Higher Education 139 9 .5 Collaborative Community Groups (CCG) Learners group Led by Beinn Grant and Ruby Cardie • SYP • Young Scot • Youthlink Scotland • Home Education Scotland • Dyslexia Scotland, Young Ambassador • Kelty Youth Group • Stills Gallery Youth Advisory Panel • The Big Project • An Independent School Pupil • East Ayrshire Youth Cabinet • North Coast Youth Forum • Fast Forward • Who Cares • Carers Trust Scotland • Intercultural Youth Scotland (Phase two) • Gaelic Medium (Gaelic and Scots Group via Young Scot) Parents and carers group Led by Cheryl Burnett and Elieen Prior / Patrick McGlinchey • Connect • National Parent Forum of Scotland – Barrie Sheppard and John Semple • Children in Scotland - Annie Watson • Contact - Donna Tomlin • Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection - Linda O'Neill • Comann nam Pàrant - Magaidh Wentworth • Home Education Scotland - Mark Nixon • Bobath Scotland - Sharon Collie Profession Led by Andrea Bradley 140 • Eileen Imlah - Education Institute of Scotland • Simone Coetser - Education Institute of Scotland • Pamela Manley - Education Institute of Scotland • Kristine Dempster - Education Institute of Scotland • Julie Ferguson - Education Institute of Scotland • Scott McGimsey - National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers • Afifa Khanam - National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers • Mike Corbett - National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers • Tara Lillis - National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers • Catherine Nicol - Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association • John Guidi - Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association • Seamus Searson - Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association • James Cowan - Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association • Jim Thewliss - Senior Leaders Scotland Headteachers Led by Peter Bain • Kirsty Ayed - Kings Park Secondary School, Glasgow • Tony Breen - Portree High School, Skye • Barry Graham - Wallace Hall Academy, Dumfries • Graham Hutton - Grove Academy, Dundee • Stephen Ross - Beath High School, Cowdenbeath • Julie McDonald - Nairn Academy, Nairn • John O’Neill - High School of Glasgow • Jon Reid - Larbert High School, Falkirk • Andrew Sharkey - St Kentigern’s Academy, Blackburn • Andy Smith - Larkhall Academy, Larkhall • Pauline Walker - Royal High School, Edinburgh 141 T eachers Led by Andrew Findlater • Kirsty Hair - University of Strathclyde, Teaching Fellow • Scott Hunter - Turriff Academy • Caroline McFarlane - Banff Academy • Lynsey McNamee - Queen Anne High School • Marc McWhirter - Speyside High School • John Schmidt - Currie Community High School • Darren Brown - Inverness High School • Rachel Richards - Currie Community High School • Sandy Lunan - Dunblane High School • John MacInnes - Ardnamurchan High School Local government Led by Douglas Hutchison • Stewart Nicolson (Head of Service, South Lanarkshire Council, Chair) • Matthew Sweeney - (COSLA) • Grace Vickers (SOLACE) • Gerry Lyons (Head of Service, Glasgow City Council) • Maria Lloyd (Head of Service, Fife Council) • Lyndsay McRoberts (Director of Education, South Ayrshire Council) • Julie Calder (Head of Service, Renfrewshire Council) • Adam Stephenson (Education Officer, Inverclyde Council) • Campbell Hornell (Acting Education Officer, Lasswade High School) • Andrew Brown (Senior Education Officer, West Dunbartonshire) • Fiona Robertson (Executive Director of Place and Children, Young People and Partnerships Midlothian) • Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Chief Education Officer/Head of Schools, East Ayrshire) 142 N ational Agencies Led by Dr Gill Stewart • Sally Smith (Head of Graduate Apprenticeships and Skills Development, Edinburgh Napier University) • Ollie Bray (Strategic Director, Education Scotland) • Andy Creamer (Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment, Education Scotland) • Maeve MacKinnon (Senior Education Officer, Gaelic, Education Scotland) • Tracy Johnston (Senior Education Officer Health and Wellbeing, Education Scotland) • Pauline Stephen (General Teaching Council for Scotland) • Victoria Smith (General Teaching Council for Scotland) • Louise Campbell (General Teaching Council for Scotland • Alison MacDonald (HMIE, Education Scotland) • Joe Mulholland (HMIE, Education Scotland) • Ann Floyd, HMIE (Education Scotland) • Ken Edwards (Education Programme Lead, Skills Development Scotland) • Eleanor Wilson (Head of Outreach, Glasgow Caledonian University) • Martin Ware (Director of Policy, Analysis and Standards, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) ) National qualifications alignment Led by Pauline Radcliffe • Association of Directors of Education in Scotland • Connect • Education Scotland • Lantra • Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education • Scottish Prison Service • Skills Development Scotland • Scottish Funding Council • Student Partnerships in Quality, Scotland • Scottish Qualification Authority 143 • Scottish Social Services Council • Scottish Training Federation • Youth Link Scotland • Youth Scotland Process of change Led by Professor Chris Chapman • Professor David Hopkins (The University of Bolton) • Professor Mel Ainscow (University of Glasgow, Education and Leadership) • Jenny Langley, Former Headteacher, Kingsway Park High School, Rochdale • Professor Melanie Ehren (University of London, Governance of Schools and Education Director) • Professor Andy Hargreaves (Boston College, Teaching, Curriculum and Society) Curriculum Led by Dr Joe Smith • Alice Crawford - Forrester High School, Curriculum Leader • Professor Daniel Alvunger - Linnaeus University, Sweden, Curriculum Studies • Julia Liesse-Fernandes - Forrester High School, Curriculum Leader • Professor Kathryn Hibbert - Western University, Ontario, Canada, Education, Curriculum Studies • Martin Ennis - Forrester High School, Depute Headteacher • Mhairi Sheail - Forrester High School, Curriculum Leader • Molly Fray - Forrester High School, Curriculum Leader • Sarah Jarvis - Inveralmond High School, Qualifications and Assessment Inclusion and Equity Led by Dr Edward Sosu • Sara Spencer (Child Poverty Action Group, Cost of the School Day) • Professor Stephen McKinney (University of Glasgow, Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith) • Anne Haggart (ASPIRENorth, Schools for Higher Education Programme, Regional Co-Ordinator) 144 • Alastair Wilson (University of Strathclyde, Senior Research Fellow) • Dr Markus Klein (University Strathclyde, Director of Research, School of Education) • Professor Cristina Ianelli (University of Edinburgh, Education and Sport) • Dr Adriana Duta (University of Edinburgh, Education and Sport) • Dr Roxanne Connelly (University of Edinburgh, Sociology and Quantitative Methods) • Dr Geetha Marcus (University of Edinburgh, Education and Sport) • Professor Yvette Taylor (University of Strathclyde, Education) • Linda O'Neill (CELCIS, Inequalities in Outcomes of Children in Care) • Professor Sheila Riddell (University of Edinburgh, Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity) • Dr Stephanie Thomson (University of Aberdeen, Education) • Professor Donald Gray (University of Aberdeen, Education) • Professor Margaret Sutherland (University of Glasgow, Scottish Network for Able Pupils) • Dr Fiona O'Hanlon (University of Edinburgh, Gaelic Medium Education) Policy and Process Led by Professor Ken Muir • Billy Burke (Headteacher, Renfrew High School) • Emeritus Professors Walter Humes (University of Stirling) • Associate Dean Khadija Mohammed (University of the West of Scotland/Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators) • Professor Graham Donaldson (University of Glasgow, Education) Employers Led by Tracy Black • Allan Colquhoun (Leonardo MW Ltd) • Anna Gillies (NatWest Group) • Becky Nicholls (Babcock International Group) • Gillian Collin (PricewaterhouseCoopers) • Helen Arthur (GlaxoSmithKline plc) • Jackie Archer (Balfour Beatty) 145 • Jacqueline Hall (BAE Systems plc) • Jo Szulikowski (Phoenix Group Holdings) • Jonathan McCreadie (Amazon) • Mairi Elder (Scottish Power) • Mandy McMillan (Glasgow Airport Limited/AGS) • Mark Essex (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler) • Matt Woods (Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Ltd) • Nikhil Sharma (Tata Consultancy Services) • Raymond King (Babcock International Group) • Richard Turner (BT Group plc) • Steven Grier (Microsoft Limited) • Suzanne Burns (STV Group plc) Further education Led by Professor Ken Thomson • Lorraine Cowan (New College Lanarkshire) • Caroline Watson (South Lanarkshire College) • Brian Dunn (North East Scotland College) • Lisa Doonan, South Lanarkshire College • Stef Black and Ali McDade (Student Participation in Quality Scotland) • G Graham and Katie Paget (Dundee and Angus College) • Ann Heron (Ayrshire College) • Rob McDermott (Forth Valley College) • Loraine Lyall (Edinburgh College) • Lisa Calderwood (Fife College) • B Browlee (West Lothian College) • J Gracier (Borders College) • Jessica Borley and Liz Cook (University of the Highlands and Islands) • Karen Gray (Scotland’s Rural College) • Sarah-Jane Linton (West Lothian College) 146 H igher education Led by Professor Jonathan Powles • Professor Nazira Karodia (Napier University, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice Principal of Learning & Teaching) • Professor Moira Fishbacher-Smith (University of Glasgow, Vice-Principal of Learning & Teaching) • Shona Barrie (Stirling University, Director of Admissions and Access • Martin Gibbons (St Andrew’s University, Deputy Director, Director of Widening Access and Participation) • Emma Forster (University of Aberdeen, Deputy Director, External Relations Head of UK Recruitment & Admissions) • Dr Stephanie McKendry (Strathclyde University, Head Of Access, Equality & Inclusion) • Dr Sally Middleton (University of Aberdeen, Access & Articulation Manager • Kirsty Wadsley (LEAPS, Widening access partners) • Amanda Baldwin (Focus West, Widening access partners) • Professor Catriona Cunningham (Napier University, Head of Department of Learning & Teaching Enhancement) • Dr Laurence Lasselle (St Andrews University, Senior Lecturer) • Jim Thewliss (Senior Leaders Scotland, General Secretary) • Jane Lewis • Dr Pauline Hanesworth (University of Highlands and Islands, Head of Learning and Teaching) • Professor Alison Machin (Council of Deans of Health Scotland, Convener) • Ellie Gomersall (NUS President) • Dr Alison Nimmo (Glasgow Caledonia University, Head of Academic Development) • Luke Millard (Abertay University, Dean of Teaching & Learning) • Katrina Castle (Edinburgh University, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Transitions) • Stephen Watt (University of the West of Scotland, Careers and Employability Manager) 147 • Fiona Burns (Scottish Funding Council, Assistant Director Outcomes, Access) • Mary...