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About

Alexander Towne is a research fellow at ACER UK. He has experience across the full spectrum of educational delivery, from in-classroom delivery to research, project and policy experience in the UK and internationally. After a number of years teaching in Southeast Asia, he returned to the UK to read MA Educational Planning, Economics, and International Development at the Institute of Education, UCL. From here he has worked with a number of notable organisations, including the Welsh Government, Save the Children, the UNESCO GEM Report, and the Global Partnership for Education. 

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Education/Academic qualification

Educational Planning, Economics, and International Development, MA, University of London Institute of Education

20182020

History, BA (Hons), Goldsmiths College, University of London

20112014

Research Interests

  • Education policy development
  • Political economy
  • EdTech
  • Shadow education

Disciplines

  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
  • International and Comparative Education
  • Education Policy