Prof. Michael Reiss is a Professor of Science Education at University College London and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The former Director of Education at the Royal Society, he is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and has written extensively about curricula, pedagogy, and assessment, and has directed a very large number of research, evaluation, and consultancy projects funded by UK Research Councils, Government Departments, charities and international agencies.