- Anthony Kelly (physicist)
Anthony Joseph Elliott-Kelly (born 1957) is a Professor of Education at the
University of Southampton , England, specialising in education / schooling theory as it relates to school improvement, school effectiveness and school leadership, and system-wide policy.Professor Kelly previously worked at the
University of Cambridge withMel West , and before that was a headteacher inIreland . His background is inApplied Mathematics andTheoretical Physics , which he studied at Cambridge under George Batchelor (though he has also won several poetry prizes). He is a Fellow of theInstitute of Physics and of theInstitute of Mathematics . He was a leading figure in the movement to integrate and rationalise education in the Irish border region where he developed new governance structures.He was well-known in
Ireland because of his work in merging schools with different traditions, and is known in UK university circles for his conservative view of the role of universities. As an undergraduate student at Cambridge he famously stormed out of a discussion paper during a meeting of 'the Society' on Irish politics, causing some offence.He is editor of the journal "Education, Knowledge and Economy" and is an invited lecturer at several leading universities outside the UK. He serves on several national UK steering groups and approval panels, and retains an interest and involvement in Irish-British affairs. He is the author of numerous research reports and papers in academic journals.
Works
*"Benchmarking for School Improvement: A Practical Guide for Comparing & Improving Effectiveness". London, Routledge Falmer, 2001.
*"Decision-making through Game Theory". Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
*"The Intellectual Capital of Schools: Measuring and managing knowledge, responsibility and reward: Lessons from the commercial sector". Dordrecht, New York & London, Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.
*"School Choice and Student Well-being: opportunity and capability in education". London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Personal Information
*Education (degrees from): National University Ireland; scholarship to
Trinity College, Cambridge ; Edinburgh; Hull;Queens' College, Cambridge .
*Interests (from university website): International bridge player (Northern Ireland),golf , rowing,football ,cricket .
*Clubs:Hawks' Club ,Oxford and Cambridge Club External links
* [http://www.education.soton.ac.uk/staff/staff_directory/?link=individual.php&id=106 Homepage of Anthony Kelly]
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