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About
Nesta in a nutshell
Our strategy
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Equity, diversity and inclusion at Nesta
Where we work
How we're governed
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Contact us
Latest content
Blog
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Features & long-reads
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Toolkits & guides
Help me innovate

Education

We use bold ideas to help all learners make the most of the opportunities presented by our fast-changing future.

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Maths Mission

Maths Mission was a series of pilots aiming to find innovative new ways to improve problem-solving and maths skills.
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Team

Jed Cinnamon

Jed Cinnamon

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start mission

Jed is a Senior Programme Manager in the Fairer Start mission at Nesta.

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Omolara Olusola

Omolara Olusola

Partnerships Coordinator, Education

Omolara was the Partnerships Coordinator in the Education team.

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Kate Bower

Kate Bower

Assistant Programme Manager, Education

Kate worked on the Maths Mission programme series of projects that run in partnership between Nesta and Tata.

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Joysy John

Joysy John

Director of Education

Joysy was the Director of Education and led Nesta's work in education across innovation programmes, research and investment.

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Future skills

When today’s schoolchildren enter the workplace, many will be faced with roles that do not exist today. We want to equip these children with skills that are more resilient in the changing job market
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Team

Joysy John

Joysy John

Director of Education

Joysy was the Director of Education and led Nesta's work in education across innovation programmes, research and investment.

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Harry Armstrong

Harry Armstrong

Head of Technology Futures

Harry led Nesta’s futures and emerging technology work.

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Cath Sleeman

Cath Sleeman

Head of Data Discovery, Data Analytics Practice

Dr Cath Sleeman is the Head of Data Discovery.

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Hasan Bakhshi

Hasan Bakhshi

Director, Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

Hasan oversees Nesta's creative economy policy, research and practical work.

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Jed Cinnamon

Jed Cinnamon

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start mission

Jed is a Senior Programme Manager in the Fairer Start mission at Nesta.

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Toby Baker

Toby Baker

Programme Manager - Education, A Fairer Start mission

Toby works in Nesta’s education team to help our education system make better use of technology and data.

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Nancy Wilkinson

Nancy Wilkinson

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start mission

Nancy leads Nesta's work on technology and education, overseeing a partnership with the Department for Education to help schools make more effective use of technology.

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Emma Sutherland

Emma Sutherland

Assistant Programme Manager

Emma works in the Education team within the Innovation Programmes Unit.

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EdTech Innovation Fund

Find out more about the EdTech Innovation Fund, part of a new £4.6 million programme to support more effective use of technology in education.
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Team

Joysy John

Joysy John

Director of Education

Joysy was the Director of Education and led Nesta's work in education across innovation programmes, research and investment.

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Nancy Wilkinson

Nancy Wilkinson

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start mission

Nancy leads Nesta's work on technology and education, overseeing a partnership with the Department for Education to help schools make more effective use of technology.

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Toby Baker

Toby Baker

Programme Manager - Education, A Fairer Start mission

Toby works in Nesta’s education team to help our education system make better use of technology and data.

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Lucy Turner

Lucy Turner

Senior Analyst, A Healthy Lives mission

Lucy is an Senior Analyst on the 'A Healthy Lives' mission team.

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Solving Together Fund

A £40,000 fund to support two high-potential, early-stage interventions which aim to improve parental engagement in maths and maths outcomes for secondary students (11-16 years old), using digital technology.
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Team

Kate Bower

Kate Bower

Assistant Programme Manager, Education

Kate worked on the Maths Mission programme series of projects that run in partnership between Nesta and Tata.

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Jed Cinnamon

Jed Cinnamon

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start mission

Jed is a Senior Programme Manager in the Fairer Start mission at Nesta.

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