Professor Kenneth Muir - Deputy Chair of the Convention on Education

Kenneth Muir is Honorary Professor at the University of the West of Scotland. He retired in March 2021 from his post as Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Teaching Council for Scotland. Prior to that, he was Chief Inspector of Education evaluating the quality of provision in early years, primary, post-primary and further education sectors. In August 2021, he was commissioned as independent Advisor to the Scottish Government to produce his report, Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education, published in February 2022.

He has a particular interest in the Finnish education system where he has worked with Helsinki University and the Finnish National Agency for Education. Kenneth is the Vice-Chair of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and a Trustee of the Children’s Parliament. Over the past three years he has been involved in reviewing teacher education programmes in Ireland under the auspices of the Teaching Council.