Paul Finnis is the CEO of the Learning Foundation. Paul has worked within the charity/ngo sector for 30 years. The last 15 years have seen a closer focus on education from setting up the British Council for School Environments to leading a British education ngo in Vietnam for 7 years. Paul has seen first-hand the power that the right intervention in education has to profoundly change lives and believes strongly in transparency and ensuring that genuine change is delivered.

The Learning Foundation is now 20 years old and works directly with schools looking to introduce technology into learning as part of their toolkit for teachers and students. We have three watchwords for every programme: Equitable; Effective and Sustainable.

In February 2019 Paul launched Digital Access for All (www.digitalaccessforall.co.uk) with a powerful group of organisations aimed at ensuring that every school-aged child in the UK has the access, skills and support that they need to the digital world at home for learning and life. The pandemic has demonstrated just how important that ambition was and continues to be; and Paul and the team are working hard to respond to urgent need but mainly focused on a 3-5 year strategic response to this issue through establishing the Digital Poverty Alliance.

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