Membership of the Education and Public Outreach Advisory Committee (EPOAC)
Sir Roland Jackson's biography
Sir Roland Jackson
Roland Jackson took up the post of Chief Executive of the British Science Association (formally known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science) in September 2002.
He taught science in secondary schools in Newmarket and Bristol for 9 years, ultimately as Head of Science at Backwell School, Bristol. During this period and subsequently he contributed to several national curriculum development programmes in science education. From 1989 to 1993 he was Education Adviser for ICI, managing corporate programmes to support science education. He joined the Science Museum, London, in 1993 initially as Head of Education, and was appointed acting Head of Museum from 2001-2002.
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