Liz Moorse
chief executive, Association for Citizenship Teaching

Liz is the chief executive of Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT), working with its board, teacher council and staff as well as overseeing key programmes including the Five Nations Network in the UK and Ireland. She has a MSc politics and public policy from Birkbeck London and a BA Hons in geography with archaeology from Manchester University. Liz has worked in education for over 20 years and led the development of citizenship as a new curriculum subject in previous roles for central government at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Liz is on a number of advisory boards including the Industry Advisory Board to the University of Westminster. She is also the Department for Education’s UK representative to the Council of Europe Education Policy Network on Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights and a member of the Advisory Board on Democratic Resilience with the Wergeland Centre and the Council of Europe.

Outside of work, Liz is an avid Watford FC fan, and enjoys ballet, tea and cake.

Follow Liz on Twitter @emoorse01

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