With great pleasure ITTE welcomes Jim Knight, The Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth who has agreed to become a patron of our organisation

Jim Knight is the Chief Education Adviser at TES Global Ltd where he has recently built a new online teacher training and development platform.  He is a member of the House of Lords and a visiting Professor at the London Knowledge Lab of the Institute of Education.

As a UK government minister his portfolios included rural affairs, schools, digital and employment.  He attended weekly Cabinet meetings 2009-2010, before joining the Lords after the 2010 General Election.

Jim is also a founder of XRapid a revolutionary diagnostic test for malaria using the iPhone and he is chair of the Tinder Foundation the leading digital inclusion delivery organisation in the UK.  He is Patron of Bristol-based awarding body, Asdan.