Blog feed#cpdqt – Bruce Robertson
September 30th, 2010
Bruce Robertson was a Director of Education and Leisure Services from 1998- 2010, having worked in Highland then Aberdeenshire Councils. He was previously a Head of Education in Aberdeenshire Council and Depute Director of Education for Grampian Regional Council.
Bruce has 36 years’ experience in education at school, local authority and national levels. After graduating from the University of Aberdeen with an MA (Hons) degree in History, he completed a post-graduate Diploma in Secondary Education at Aberdeen College of Education. He taught in various schools in the former Grampian Region for 17 years, including a four-year spell in The Gordon Schools, Huntly, where he was Depute Rector.
Bruce has served on various national committees, was an Adviser to the McCrone Committee on Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service, was a COSLA Education Adviser, and is a part-President of the Association of Directors of Education of Scotland (ADES). Amongst various national roles, he has recently completed chairing a National Outdoor Learning Policy group. He is also Chairman of the Scottish Advisory Committee for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
Very recently, Bruce accepted a year long, Scottish Government funded ADES commission aimed at reviewing the current national system in difficult financial times, as well as increasing the capacity of the association.
In 2006 he was awarded an OBE for services to education.