It's Our Future - Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment: report

Appendix 9.4 Independent Review Group (IRG)

List of membership:

Those for whom qualifications matter most

Learners

• Beinn Grant (Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament)
• Ruby Cardie (Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament)
• Supported by Mo Whelton, member of staff from the Scottish Youth Parliament

Parents/Carers

• Cheryl Burnett (National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS))
• Barrie Sheppard and John Semple (NPFS)
• Eileen Prior from May 2022 until March 2023, then Patrick McGlinchey from March until May 2023 (Connect)

Design, development and delivery of qualifications

Teachers and lecturers

• Andrea Bradley (General Secretary, EIS Union)
• Peter Bain (Headteacher)
• Andrew Findlater (Principal Teacher)

Design and development

• Douglas Hutchison (Local government)

• Dr Gill Stewart (SQA)
• Martyn Ware (SQA)
• Aileen Ponton from May 2022 until December 2022, then Pauline Radcliffe from January until May 2023 (SCQF, National qualifications alignment)

Informing the process: research base

• Professor Chris Chapman (University of Glasgow) - the process of change
• Dr Joseph Smith (University of Stirling) - advised by Professor Mark Priestley (University of Stirling) - curriculum

• Professor Jo-Anne Baird (University of Oxford) - qualifications
• Dr Edward Sosu (Strathclyde University) - inclusion and equity

Informing the process: policy base

• Professor Ken Muir (University of the West of Scotland) Putting - Learners at the Centre (2022)
• Professor Gordon Stobart (University of Oxford) - Upper-secondary education student assessment in Scotland (2021)
• Professor Graham Donaldson (University of Glasgow) - Curriculum for Excellence/Teaching Scotland’s Future (2010)

Those who use qualifications

• Business/industry – Tracy Black (CBI) - Employers
• Professor Ken Thomson (Forth Valley College) - Further Education
• Professor Jonathan Powles (University of the West of Scotland) - Higher Education