Mary Bousted
Dr Mary Bousted is general secretary of the Association of
Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). Mary represents the interests of her
members to the government, and to a wide variety of other
stakeholders. As the education union, ATL leads the debate on key
educational issues with strong policy positions on, for example,
assessment and curriculum changes; school accountability and school
structures.
Mary contributes regular articles for newspapers and
education journals, and appears frequently on national media. She
sits on the executive committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
Mary is also an accomplished public speaker, taking part, last
year, in a debate at the Oxford Union.
Mary previously worked in higher education at York
University, Edge Hill University and at Kingston University where
she was Head of the School of Education. Prior to this Mary was a
Head of English, and English teacher in comprehensive schools in
North London.