Anthony Elliott-Kelly

FAcSS The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the ...

or Anthony Kelly, better known as Tony Kelly, is an Irish academic who is currently Professor of Education (and former Head of Department) at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, England.

Education and career

Kelly got a degree from the

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and also attended

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

(on a scholarship). He previously worked at the

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with

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, and before that was a headteacher in

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. His background is in

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and

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...

, which he studied at Cambridge under

George Batchelor George Keith Batchelor FRS (8 March 1920 – 30 March 2000) was an Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist. He was for many years a Professor of Applied Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, and was founding head of the De ...

. He is a fellow of the

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and of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, organizations devoted to improving education and research. In 2013 he was elected as an Academician of the

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. He was a leading figure in the movement to integrate and rationalise education in the Irish border region where he developed new governance structures. Kelly was well known in

because of his work in merging schools with different traditions, and is known in UK university circles for his traditional view of the role of universities. As a student at Cambridge he famously cast doubt on the sincerity of a student discussion (on Irish politics) in a student society, the

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, causing some offence. Kelly was founding editor of the

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''Education, Knowledge and Economy'', serves on the editorial board of other international academic journals, and is an invited lecturer at several leading universities outside the UK. He serves on several national UK steering groups and approval panels, and has appeared before the House of Commons Select Committee on Education. He served on the REF2014 panel for Education, UoA25. He also retains an interest and involvement in Anglo-Irish affairs. He is the author of approximately one hundred research reports, books and papers in leading academic journals.

Works

His books include: *''Benchmarking for School Improvement: A Practical Guide for Comparing & Improving Effectiveness''. London, Routledge Falmer, 2001. *''Decision-making through Game Theory''. Cambridge,

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, 2003. *''The Intellectual Capital of Schools: Measuring and managing knowledge, responsibility and reward: Lessons from the commercial sector''. Dordrecht, New York & London, Kluwer Academic Press, 2004. *''School Choice and Student Well-being: opportunity and capability in education''. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. *''Using Effectiveness Data for School Improvement: developing and utilising metrics''. London, Routledge, 2011. ith Downey, Christopher* ''Developing metrics for equity, diversity and competition: new measures for schools and universities''. London, Routledge, 2016. * ''Dynamic Management and Leadership in Education: high reliability techniques for schools, colleges and universities''. London, Routledge, 2021.

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at southampton.ac.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Anthony Living people Irish educational theorists Academics of the University of Southampton Fellows of the Institute of Physics Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Cambridge Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Hull Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Year of birth missing (living people)