What Makes Me Me? Part 4: Hungry for Success: Attitudes Values and Beliefs by Michael O'Neill OBE

Urban Learning Space Seminars

Part four is presented by Michael O’Neill. A graduate of Glasgow University (Economics/History) he began as an Economist/Town Planner before switching to teaching. He spent 15 years at the chalkface as a teacher, principal teacher and assistant head, followed by posts of adviser in social subjects, senior adviser and education officer in 2 divisions of the former Strathclyde Region. In August 1995, he took up the post of Director of Education in North Lanarkshire from which he retired in March 2007. In 2000, following the SQA exams problem, he was on of the 4 directors asked to investigate the causes on behalf of the Education Minister. He is currently Chair of the National Review Group of the Chartered Teacher Scheme. In 2004 he was awarded an OBE for services to education in Scotland.