Professor Pauline Dixon, PhD, FAcSS, FRSA,
Pauline has been researching literacy programmes for the last 20 years at Newcastle University. She is passionate about children’s reading and has witnessed how important being able to read in English is for development. When children from disadvantages backgrounds are literate their lives can be transformed.
Dr Steve Humble, MBE, FIMA
Steve is a Reader in Global Development at Newcastle University. His expertise is around analysing data using advanced statistical techniques. He has worked in numerous African and Asian countries where his research has been instrumental in changing education policy and practice.
Dr Chris Counihan, FHEA
Chris is an Assistant Professor in Education at Northumbria University and a Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). His PhD studied the effects of a peer-mediated literacy intervention with children from rural India. Chris has over ten years experience of working and leading on international development and education projects. His primary research interests lie in the field of child development and policy initiatives in education.