"I always loved mathematics, and was inspired by particular teachers in both primary and secondary schools, and so I w…"

"I gave “extra mathematics lessons” while I was doing my degree and enjoyed this (as well as earning quite well from i…"

"Psychology was my second major – this also wasn’t in my original plan – I had thought I would do Applied Maths, but I…"

"I moved into teaching – rather than set out to teach, or work in education. When I began my working career as a secon…"

"because then you don’t make assumptions, you don’t take diversity views for granted."

"Once you get a big role, that's the starting line, not the finishing line. So it's really, how do you understand what…"

"If you don't know as a leader what your license to operate is from society, then you've got tunnel vision. So it's un…"

"You have to be vulnerable. You have to recognize you don't know the answers. Good ideas can come from anywhere"

"Broadly my time is shared between supporting the professional development work we do in schools, and doing and suppor…"

"I think our whole field of educational research in South Africa is relatively young. There is so much we need to know…"