David Hargreaves is Associate Director for Development and Research of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

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 (SSAT). He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge

Wolfson College, Cambridge

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 and Foundation Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences.

He has been Chairman of the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA

Becta

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), Chief Inspector of the Inner London Education Authority and Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

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 (QCA). He has held academic posts in teacher education at the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

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, the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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 (where he was Reader

Reader (academic rank)

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 in Education and a Fellow of Jesus College

Jesus College, Oxford

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 from 1979 to 1984) and the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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and is visiting professor of education at the University of Manchester. He is the author of several books on educational theory and a Senior Associate of the think tank Demos.