Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

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Alison Margaret Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, CBE (nee Potter, born 31 October 1949) is a British economist, academic, and life peer. She is the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King's College London; Director of the International Centre for University Policy Research, King's Policy Institute; and Director of the university's MSc programme in Public Sector Policy and Management. Her latest book is The XX Factor (published by Crown Books in the US and Profile Books in the UK).

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Early life and education

Alison Potter was born on 31 of October 1949. [1] She was educated at Oxford High School, an all-girls private school in Oxford, England. [2] She studied at the University of Neuchatel and Somerville College, Oxford. [3]

Career

Her review of vocational education commissioned by the British Department of Education. The Wolf Report.djvu
Her review of vocational education commissioned by the British Department of Education.

Her early career was spent in the United States as a policy analyst for the government. She then worked many years at the Institute of Education of the University of London where she was guest professor. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for Education for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and a member of the council of the United Nations University. She writes frequent articles in the British press and moderated a programme on BBC Radio 4. She is a member of the International Accounting Education Standards Board and has worked as a consultant for the European Commission, Bar Council, OECD, Royal College of Surgeons and the Ministries of Education of New Zealand, France and South Africa.

Wolf studies the interface between educational institutions and labour markets. [4] She also has a research interest in performance studies, maths education, training, tertiary education and employment in the health sector.

In her book, Does Education Matter? Myths about Education and Economic Growth, she questioned the widespread view that higher public expenditure on education would increase economic growth. Instead, the causality ran in the opposite direction. For the individual, the crucial skills in the labour market are primarily the mathematical and linguistic skills that are taught in school. She therefore recommends investment in primary and secondary education rather than the tertiary level. In 2013, her book The XX Factor [5] was published by Profile Books.

On 21 October 2014, it was announced that Wolf was to become a Crossbench life peer, having been nominated personally by the Prime Minister, David Cameron. [6] She was created Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark on 2 December 2014. [7]

Personal life

Wolf is married to the economics journalist Martin Wolf. They have had three children together, two boys and a girl. [8] [9]

Honours

Wolf was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to education. [10] She is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. [11]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Birthdays". The Guardian . Guardian News & Media. 31 October 2014. p. 45.
  2. ↑ "Wolf of Dulwich, Baroness, (Alison Margaret Wolf)". Who's Who 2019 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U250778. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Professor Alison Wolf Baroness Wolf of Dulwich". King's College London. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Professor Alison Wolf's King's College home page". King's College London . Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 "The XX Factor". Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Press Notice: Peerages conferred". www.gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "No. 61068". The London Gazette . 8 December 2014. p. 23622.
  8. ↑ Martin Wolf (2014). "Dedication and Acknowledgements". The Shifts and the Shocks. Allen Lane. ISBN   9781846146978.
  9. ↑ Martin Wolf (24 March 2011). "How to avoid 20 lean years". The Financial Times . Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Emeritus and Honorary Fellows". Somerville College, Oxford . Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Alison Wolf (March 2011). "Review of Vocational Education - The Wolf Report". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 31 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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