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Chair:
Professor Allan Rogers BSc FGS
Parliamentary
- District then County Councillor 1965-1979
- MEP SE Wales 1979-1984
- Vice-President, European Parliament 1979-1982
- Served on Public Accounts Committee and Select Committee for Welsh Affairs
- Shadow Minister for Defence 1987-1992
- Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1992-1994
- Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 1994-2001
- Established All Party Parliamentary Group for Earth Sciences 2000, was Chairman now Professional Advisor to the Group
Earth Sciences/Education
- Worked as a Geologist in UK, Canada, US and Australia
- District Secretary, Workers Educational Association 1970-1979
- Chairman, Polytechnic of Wales 1973-1979
- Appointed External Professor, University of Glamorgan 1996
- Board Member, British Geological Survey 2001-2005
- Council Member, Geological Society 2000-2003
- Chairman, Earth Science Education Forum
- Chairman, Earth Science Education Forum Cymru
- Member, Health Authority, Education Authority
- Member, National Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education
Other
- Past Chair, Pontypridd RFC Rugby Academy
- President of two rugby clubs
- Hobbies – all sports
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Co-Chair:
Professor Chris King
Professor Chris King is Co-Chair of the Earth Science Education Forum and a member of the Scottish Earth Science Education Forum. Chris is the Director of the Earth Science Education Unit, based at Keele University where he is Professor of Earth Science Education. He is also Past-Chair of the International Geoscience Education Organisation and a member of the International Union of Geological Scientists' Commission on Geoscience Education.
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Executive Officer:
Cally Oldershaw
Cally Oldershaw is the Executive Secretary for the Earth Science Education Forum. Cally is also the Administrative Secretary for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Earth Sciences. Cally works part-time for the Association for Science Education as their Curriculum Development Manager. She is an Earth Science Education consultant, author and gemmologist and an examiner for the Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain. |
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Secretary:
David Bailey
David is a geologist with a doctorate in the metamorphic and structural geology of south-west Norway from the University of Oxford. He worked in the Department of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum in London before joining the British Geological Survey’s Fluid Processes Unit where his research interests included the geological containment of hazardous wastes. David has managed the BGS’s educational and outreach activities since 1999 and is the editor of Earthwise magazine. |
