UKAT Sixth Form Local Advisory Board

Board Members

Lisa Dickson is a Reader in Law at the University of Kent. She is also the Deputy Director of the Division of Law, Society and Social Justice (LSSJ).
Lisa has been a Trustee Board member since January 2023 and is Chair of the newly created Sixth Form Local Advisory Board. Lisa has a strong background in education, scholarship, and curriculum development having acted as Director of Education for both Kent Law School and LSSJ.
Lisa’s education focus lies in working on co-production with students and leading educational change that reflects student needs and ambitions.
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Allan has been in education for 24 years and in senior leadership for 19 of those. He has served as Head of Sixth Form, SENCO, Assistant and Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher, Executive Headteacher and Director of Education for Ongar. He has also had the opportunity to work in several educational settings including Primary, Secondary, University Technical College and Further Education.
He has been a Headteacher for over a decade including taking two schools out of special measures to good or outstanding. He was fortunate enough to lead one school to become the third most improved school in the whole country in 2017 - overturning a Progress 8 score of -0.54 to +0.1 in one year.
Allan has worked in inner city London schools for 10 years and in deprived, rural Essex for eight and has worked for two of the biggest academy groups in the country.
At heart, he will always be a teacher by trade and still loves to be in a class of 30 students delivering English or Drama education.
Marta Almeida Hill is the Deputy Head of Outreach and Wider Participation: Impact and Evaluation at the University of Kent. Marta leads the evaluation of outreach activities at the University and has over 10 years' experience working with schools and colleges.
Marta has expertise in education, project management, data analysis and monitoring and evaluation. Prior to working in Outreach, Marta worked in insurance as a Data Analyst.
Marta is passionate about education and undertook her PhD in Philosophy of Law at the University of Kent.
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