Sir Geoff Hampton

 Deputy Vice Chancellor , the University of Wolverhampton

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Professor Sir Geoff Hampton is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education Partnerships) and Director of the Midlands Leadership Centre, at the University of Wolverhampton.

Sir Geoff has recently been given the task of leading the Black Country Challenge by the DCSF, which involves driving this initiative on behalf of 460 schools and four Local Authorities. In this capacity Geoff acts as Chief Adviser to the Minister for Schools. He has also been asked to joinasm all pan el of  "Expert Advisers " who will  oversee the Prime Minister's  National Challenge programme. The highly successful outcome of the Walsall MBC Strategic Intervention Programme has just been announced by Government Inspectors; Sir Geoff led upon this five year programme on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. To mark the new Millennium the Prime Minister hosted a series of six lectures upon key topics at 10 Downing Street.  Professor Sir Geoff was given the honour of being asked to present the Education Lecture to Mr and Mrs Blair and their invited guests, choosing the topic  of " What Makes  a Good School".   He has subsequently addressed international conferences around the world and has acted as advisor to many governments, amongst which are Jamaica, Chile and New Zealand. He will opened an International Leadership Symposium in Japan earlier this year