Vanessa Pittard
Director of Evidence and Evaluation
Becta
Vanessa joined Becta in May 2004 as Director of Evidence and Evaluation after having spent two years leading the ICT Research and Evaluation team at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), England. At Becta she has led the development of a research and evaluation strategy in support of ‘Harnessing Technology’ and leads Becta’s work in the areas of emerging technologies, educational research and models and exemplars of practice. At DfES Vanessa led the ICT Research and Evaluation Team, developing and managing a programme of national ICT and e-learning studies and supporting the development of the DfES Harnessing Technology strategy and ICT in schools and post-16 e-learning policy. Prior to joining the DfES Vanessa led the Department of Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.
