The essential place of Adult and Community Education in Scotland’s learning culture. ACE Conference Presentation 2017 (678KB)

Maureen Mallon has been one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education in Scotland for over ten years. She is an Assistant Director in Education Scotland with leadership responsibility for Community Learning and Development, developing a National Improvement Hub for Scottish education practitioners, parental engagement, family learning, and transformational change. She has inspected and worked to improve practice across the country and spent a number of years working as a district inspector undertaking challenge and support across education in local authorities. Maureen has a background in community learning and development and has worked in various roles in adult learning, social enterprise and youth work. Her main thematic interests are around strategic planning, partnerships and making best use of resources and undertook an MBA at Edinburgh University with a focus on decision making in the public sector.