Board of Directors
The Board of Directors, led by the Chair of the National Commission, provides overall governance, strategic leadership and oversight for the organisation and has ultimate responsibility for the National Commission’s work and conduct. All Directors are from UK civil society.Observers from the UK Permanent Delegation to UNESCO and Government bodies from throughout the UK also attend the Board’s regular meetings.
The current Board of Directors was approved by the Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan, in July 2011. Directors serve on the Board for three years, with the possibility of renewal for a further three years. The current Board membership is:
Professor W. John Morgan - Chairman
Professor Morgan is Chairman of the Board of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. He is also UNESCO Chair of Political Economy and Education at the School of Education, University of Nottingham. Between 2002 and 2008 he was a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner and chaired the committees for the award of Academic Staff Fellowships and of Professional Fellowships. His current academic research focuses on post-school education and economic and social change in the BRIC countries, especially China and Russia. In 2010 he was elected a Distinguished Professor of the International Institute of Adult and Lifelong Education and was awarded the honorary degree of D. Sc., by the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences. A Senior Fellow of the China Policy Institute, his most recent publication is Higher Education Reform in China: Beyond the expansion, (Ed., with B. Wu), Routledge, London, 2011. He is also interested in Peace Education and, with A. Guilherme, has published a number of articles on Martin Buber.
Sue Davies - Deputy Chair
Sue Davies is deputy Chair of the Board of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. She is the Chief Executive of Wessex Archaeology Ltd., one of the leading heritage charitable companies in the UK. A professional archaeologist with over 30 years' experience in the UK and abroad, Sue has a particular interest in ensuring that the UNESCO cultural conventions, especially the 1972 World Heritage Convention, are used to greater effect in attaining UNESCO's goals and aspirations. She recently chaired the independent expert panel appointed by the DCMS to review applications for the new UK Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. She was awarded an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours List for services to Heritage.
Tim Williams - Deputy Chair
Tim Williams is deputy Chair of the Board of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. He is currently Panos London’s Senior Advisor on Media Development. An award-winning journalist, he has managed media projects in over 45 countries in transition since 1992. He has worked for BBC MPM, BBC World Service Trust, The Institute for War and Peace Reporting and most recently as a consultant evaluator for DFID and fundraiser for media organisations. Some of his projects have established sustainable media houses in fragile states and conflict zones (Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Albania) as well as countries undergoing transition (Russia, Balkans, Central Asia).
Gary Brace
Gary Brace has been Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) since its inception in 2000. Previously, he was Assistant Chief Executive with the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) and prior to that, history officer with the Authority. He spent 15 years at the ‘chalkface’ teaching history and government & politics in a secondary school and a sixth form college in Cardiff. He has been author and co-author of a range of guidance booklets for teachers and has undertaken education advisory work in the Russian Federation and Georgia on behalf of the Council of Europe. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been awarded the University of Glamorgan Chancellor’s Medal. He has twice climbed Mt Kilimanjaro.
Professor Tariq S Durrani
Professor Durrani is Research Professor at the University of Strathclyde, having joined the University in 1976. From 2000-2006 he was the University’s Deputy Principal (Pro-Vice Chancellor). For the past twenty-five years he has worked on and supervised some sixty projects sponsored by the UK Research Councils, government and industry, the US government and the EU, amongst others. He is the author/co-author of more than 350 papers and six books. His research interests are in the areas of Technology Management and Higher Education Management and Signal/Image Processing. He is a member of the UKNC Scotland Committee since 2008, Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2007-10), and is currently the Deputy Convenor of its International Committee. He was the 2010-11 Vice President, Educational Activities for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which has recently signed an MOU with UNESCO to support workforce development and capacity building in Africa. He was awarded the OBE in December 2002 for services to higher education and electronics research.
Dr Beth Taylor
Dr Taylor is Director of Communications and External Relations at the Institute of Physics (IOP), responsible for the Institute’s relationships with stakeholders in the UK and internationally, including media relations, public affairs, science outreach activities and web developments. She also leads the Institute’s international activities, including the physics for development programme which supports education and training for physicists in the developing world. Beth was previously Head of Communications for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. She has a BA and PhD in earth sciences from Cambridge University, and worked in the UK and USA as a civil servant, an energy analyst and a corporate strategist before moving into communications.
Professor Sylvia Walby
Professor Walby is UNESCO Chair in Gender Research and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. She was awarded an OBE for services to equal opportunities and diversity; is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She has advised UNESCO, UNDP, UNDAW and UNECE on gender equality issues, especially gender-based violence against women. Recent publications include The Future of Feminism (Polity July 2011) and Globalization and Inequalities: Complexity and Contested Modernities (Sage 2009).
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