Chief Executive
Professor Becky Francis CBE
Professor Becky Francis CBE (FBA, FAcSS, PhD) is Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation.
Education Endowment Foundation:Emily Yeomans
Emily Yeomans
Director of Research
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Emily is EEF’s Director of Research and has worked at the EEF in various roles for nine years.
During this time she has led on our Programmes strategy, including our work on regranting, and developing both Teacher Choices and School Choices projects – which aim to answer questions that are relevant to the day-to-day work of teachers. Emily also led on EEF’s science school theme and co-authored the Improving Secondary Science guidance report.
Emily started her career working in malaria research, before training as a secondary science teacher and working in a secondary comprehensive school. Emily also worked at the Wellcome Trust, managing projects spanning education research, policy and practice.
As Director of Research Emily oversees EEF’s research portfolio, including our grant making and evaluation work.
Director of Finance and Operations
Anne-Laure Bedouet
Anne-Laure is the Director of Finance and Operations. She joined the EEF in May 2013.
Director of Impact
Chris Paterson
Chris is responsible for integrating and overseeing the EEF’s impact and mobilisation activities.
Director of Research
Emily Yeomans
Emily is EEF’s Director of Research and has worked at the EEF in various roles for nine years.
Blog
EEF blog: How the pandemic has affected ongoing education research, and how we’ve responded
Our Director of Research Emily Yeomans explains how the pandemic has impacted EEF trials.
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EEF blog: Building the EEF’s pipeline of programmes through the DfE’s Accelerator Fund
Emily Yeomans explains how the EEF will be expanding its activity to support schools’ use of evidence this year.
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EEF Blog: How the EEF identifies our Promising Projects (and what we do next)
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EEF Blog: When does an EEF-funded project become promising?