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Professor Ian Menter is Director of Professional Programmes at the Department of Education, the University of Oxford. Previously he was Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow. Prior to that he held posts at the University of the West of Scotland (Dean of Education and Media); London Metropolitan University (Head of School of Education); University of the West of England and the University of Gloucestershire.

The BERA Office will be led by a new Executive Director from 2nd April 2012. Nick Johnson will join Mark Donoghue and Farzana Rahman in implementing the operational objectives from strategy set by BERA Council.

Dr Bruce H. Choppin studied mathematics at Cambridge University in England before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D. in the area of measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis. He was closely connected with IEA from 1963 until his death in 1983. His first work with IEA involved data analysis for England's national report of the First International Mathematics Study. He later undertook a small-scale exploratory study with Dr Alan Purves designed to measure student understanding and appreciation of literary prose and poetry.