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Andy Noyes

Professor of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Andy is the founding Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education (2023-). He is the Chair of the Joint Mathematical Council of the UK (2018-24), and a current member - and previous vice-chair - of the Royal Society's Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education. He chairs the RS/ACME Expert Panel on post-16 mathematics, sits on the Mathematical Futures Programme Board, has been closely involved in the development of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. Andy is a member of the advisory boards of several major research projects and intervention programmes.

Andy's research interests are focused on mathematics education and 14-19 learner participation, pathways and policy. He is particularly interested in systems thinking, systemic change and implementation science. Andy is involved in a range of consultancy and advisory work including to the qualifications regulator, Ofqual. He joined the University in 2001, after teaching mathematics in a Nottinghamshire secondary school following his graduation from the University in 1991. He was Head of the School of Education from 2014-18 and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange (Social Science) from 2018-20.

Research Summary

Andy's research is concerned with understanding and improving educational systems. This work is now focused largely in the Observatory for Mathematical Education (60%), but he also leads the Research… read more

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