Martin Shevill

Martin Shevill was the GA's Library and Information Officer in the late 1980s at Fulwood Road.

As with other GA officers throughout the decades, this went alongside other work, including work as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and a Headteacher, and the GA was fortunate to have someone give their expertise freely to support the work of the Association.

He held several honorary posts at the GA, and was a trustee for a while.

His LinkedIn profile contains a lot more information.

Martin is the Senior Education Adviser for National Teacher Accreditation (NTA) and formerly CEO of Consilium Academies and also carries out independent consultancy work. Martin has worked in senior leadership positions in education for twenty five years. He has supported a number of schools/academies in the North of England commissioned through the National Leader of Education, LA and Trusts routes. He has also been instrumental in setting up educational trusts for example Education Ossett Community Trust (EOCT), a trust of nine cross-phase schools in Ossett including a secondary special school and the Yorkshire Education Trust, a group of four academies in Doncaster/Wakefield. Martin has held honorary positions with the Geographical Association, including. Trusteeship and has written a series of school geography text books and articles for educational journals. Martin is a former member of the Head Teacher Board of the Regional School Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Imagine if Dudley Stamp had had LinkedIn.

References

Humphrys, Graham, et al. “Annual Report of The Geographical Association 1987.” Geography, vol. 73, no. 2, 1988, pp. 162–178. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40571395. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

If anyone has more memories of Martin's contributions to the GA, please get in touch.