Ruth Luzmore

Ruth is currently working on the Ideas-Informed Society, researching how and why people engage with information and evidence to make decisions in their daily lives. In addition she works a consortium EU Horizon funded project, MEGASKILLS, with the objective is to contribute to the development of the European Skills Agenda by bridging the gap between the educational offer and the labour market through the research and design of an innovative and affordable methodology for training and evaluating soft skills through gaming.

Ruth worked for just under twenty years in state schools in England in a variety of posts in Primary and all-through schools including teaching assistant, class teacher before eventually becoming a headteacher. Ruth has a strong interest in educational leadership in particular how school leaders design and enact continuing professional development in their settings and the nature of inter- and intra- professional learning networks in schools. After leaving full-time work in schools, she worked as a freelance researcher as well as supporting the research, writing and editing of books. She works part-time for National Institute of Teaching and Education as a part-time lecturer and mentor for school leaders on their MA in Educational Leadership