ACME Update: Members, Secretariat, Outer Circle
30 September 2011
ACME new members
In September, two new members joined the ACME committee:
Dr Niall Mackay and Sybil Cock. Dr Niall MacKay is Reader in
Mathematics at the University of York. His main research area is
mathematical physics, but he has also published over a range of
interdisciplinary applied mathematics. His interest in mathematics
education has led to work with a range of bodies, including UCAS,
QCDA and LMS. Sybil Cock has just retired from her job as Head of
Maths and Computing at BSix Sixth Form College in Hackney.
Before that she was Head of Maths and Science at Tower Hamlets
College. Sybil also worked as the London Regional Coordinator
for the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of
Mathematics (NCETM) during 2008-9, focussing on developing
collaborative networks of Maths teachers. She now does a
variety of maths related jobs, including teaching with the Further
Maths Support Network, and some training work with teachers of
Adult Numeracy.
New ACME Head of Secretariat
On 3rd October, Dr Rosalind Mist will be starting in her new
post as ACME Head of Secretariat. Rosalind comes to us from SCORE
(Science Community Representing Education). SCORE is a partnership
of organisations, which aims to improve science education in UK
schools and colleges by supporting the development and
implementation of effective education policy and which comprises
the Association for Science Education, Institute of Physics, Royal
Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and Society of Biology.
Rosalind was the first SCORE manager and has helped shape SCORE
during its first three years. Rosalind's degree was in physics and
she then moved on to do a PhD and subsequently a post-doc in space
plasma physics analysing satellite data, in the mathematics
department at QMUL.
New ACME Outer Circle members
During the summer, ACME held an Open Call for new Outer Circle
members. We are pleased to announce that we have selected 6 new
members: Professor Alice Rogers from King's College, who retired
from the ACME committee in September, Professor James Davenport,
from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath,
David Fox, formerly from Pfizer Global Research and Development and
now an independent consultant, Professor Sue Pope, professor of
Education at Liverpool Hope University, Andrew Taylor, Head of
Mathematics at AQA and Mark Pepper, Numeracy Support Tutor/Key
Skills /Functional Skills tutor at Nescot College.