Educational innovator - prime mover in creating Adult Learners Week; led national  government programme for community learning champions; lead for education policy programme, Compass (www.compassonline.org.uk); wrote proposal for education action zones for Labour government 1997; co-founder, Talk Shop initiative; led UK Learning City 

Developed Compass policy on local education governance and local education plans.

Dr. Lesley Doyle is a senior lecturer in educational sociology and research methods in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. She holds a doctoral degree in educational sociology. Currently, the focus of this work is on the effects of the post-2008 Global Financial Crisis on youth and young adult pathways into training and work. She is frequently invited to speak at international and government policy conferences and committees, to write policy briefings and to take part in policy discussions.

• Professor of Education, University of Stirling       
• Research Officer, Scottish Council for Research in Education                                                 
• Convenor, Schools and Social Capital Network, Scotland

• Professor of Adult Education, Durban University of Technology
• Professor of Adult Education, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal from August 2011
• Professor of Adult Education, National University of Lesotho (from Aug 2007-July 2011)
• Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow from 2007 till present
• Member of PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 network