Staff profiles

Kate Holdich

kate.holdich@curee.co.uk

Kate Holdich joined CUREE as a Research Manager in April 2004. Kate works primarily as a writer and editor. She has been a key contributor to the DCSF Research Informed Practice (TRIPS) and the GTC Research for Teachers (RfT) websites. Other writing projects have included the National Educational Research Forum (NERF) and National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Evidence bulletins, for which she was assistant editor.

Maggie Smith

accounts@curee.co.uk

Maggie Smith joined CUREE as part time accounts administrator in August 2008. After University Maggie qualified as an accountant in 1982 with a small firm of accountants. She then spent a year full time gaining her PGCE for Further Education and became an FE lecturer in Coventry and then Birmingham. In 1987 she gained her MBA at Warwick Business School and has worked with a variety of small companies since that time. She also has knowledge of the charity sector and works as an enthusiastic supporter of the Alzheimer's Society. In her spare time she plays golf.

Natalia Buckler

natalia.buckler@curee.co.uk

Natalia Buckler is Principal Research Manager and leads for CUREE on research and evaluation specification, design and delivery. Since joining CUREE in 2008, Natalia has worked on a number of research, evaluation, consultation and bespoke training development projects including Masters in Teaching and Learning and Evaluation of Postgraduate Professional Development programme for TDA, coaching training for SSAT lead practitioners and monitoring of the curriculum implementation (Building the evidence base) for QCDA.

Natalie Tyldesley

natalie.tyldesley@curee.co.uk

Natalie Tyldesley joined CUREE as a Research Assistant in February 2012 and performs a wide range of activities, including data extractions; documentary analysis; interviewing; and writing practitioner research summaries.

Rebecca Mitchell

rebecca.mitchell@curee.co.uk

Rebecca joined CUREE as a professional assistant / executive plate spinner in September 2012. She has a background in education having worked as an ELT teacher for adults and children in Mexico and Spain for many years.

Sian Bravington

sian.bravington@curee.co.uk

Sian joined CUREE in July 2012 as a Business Administrator after studying Criminology at Coventry University. Her main areas of activity are client liaison, office management, project support as well as having a particular focus on marketing. Sian provides admin support for CUREE workshops and the Effective Mentoring and Coaching (EMAC) e-learning resources. She has recently worked on LSIS commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL) and routemaps.

Suzanne Wood

suzanne.wood@curee.co.uk

Suzanne Wood joined CUREE in August 2012 as a Research/Information Assistant. Her role ranges from editing the CUREE websites and designing graphics, to doing research and statistical analysis. She is the project coordinator for Route Maps, and has helped with creating several in the past few months. She has recently worked on a report about the impact of financial education for pfeg, and taken on the role of project coordinator for LSIS Lab Sites. Suzanne graduated this year with a Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.