My friend and former colleague Chris Robertson, one of Britain’s foremost teacher educators, who has died aged 76, was warm-hearted, inspirational and deeply committed to her students.
She progressed from teaching and school leadership in the 1970s to authority-wide educational leadership in Derby, and then to heading primary teacher training at Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2002 Chris was appointed head of the Institute of Education at the University of Worcester, and led the institute to become one of the UK’s largest, highest quality educators of teachers and early years professionals, working with more than 500 schools.
