Richard English University of Hull, UK

For the last 18 years Richard English has been a primary mathematics tutor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hull. Prior to that he taught mathematics in primary and secondary schools in Hull and had also worked as an mathematics advisory teacher. In recent years he has worked on a consultancy basis for the National Strategies and was involved in the early development of the mathematics specialist training programme, following the publication of the Williams Review in 2008.