Michael Stevenson

After graduating from Oxford, I joined the BBC, where I held numerous positions. I served as Deputy Director of Nations and Regions and also founded the BBC Factual and Learning Directorate, where I was responsible for factual programming and content across television, radio, and the Internet and for spearheading an online curriculum for school and home use. From 2003-2006, I served as Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology in the Department for Education and Skills, driving educational technology use forward in UK schools, colleges, and universities.

I am now fortunate to head up some very important work here at Cisco, leading the company’s non-commercial mission to develop and implement education reform around the world. I also sit on the board of Khulisa, a South African not-for-profit specialising in restorative justice.

The challenges of education is to convert student drudgery to student engagement and involve student in solving real-world problems to better prepare them for the 21st century.