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The '''Innovation Unit''' is a UK social enterprise that looks to improve public services through 'innovation'.

It focuses on three key areas: Education; Health and Social Care; and Local Government.

==Lobbying for Education Reform==
===Radically transforming education for the future, globally===
The Innovation Unit leads the [[Global Education Leaders’ Partnership]] (GELP), which has the grand aim of 'reimagining the future of education at a global scale'<ref>[http://innovationunit.org/our-projects/projects/transforming-education-systems-around-world Global Education Leaders’ Partnership], Innovation Unit website, accessed August 2015</ref>

The Innovation Unit describes the Partnership as a ‘community of key education system leaders, policy-makers, thought-leaders and world-class consultants collaborating to transform education at local, national and international levels'.

GELP is jointly funded by [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]; [[Cisco]]; [[Promethean]]; and the [[Ellen Koshland Family Fund]].

The Innovation Unit's David Albury is the 'design and development director' of the Partnership.

===Other education reform programmes===
*New York's iZone: The Innovation Unit helped New York City's Education Department developed its [[iZone]] initiative, which has seen a small number of schools in the city - 'Lab Schools' - try and reform how they teach, often through the use of more technology. iZone has received funds from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Cisco]] and [[Google]]. David Albury of the Innovation Unit, in a [[Nesta]] video, describes what they are trying to do as 'transformative change'.<ref>[http://innovationunit.org/our-projects/projects/re-inventing-inner-city-schools-new-york iZone], Innovation Unit website, accessed August 2015</ref>

*''Learning Frontiers'', a similar project in Australia, sponsored by the [[Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership]], that brings together clusters of schools and other interested parties into ‘design hubs' to 'radically rethink their approach to learning'. It has a stated, if somewhat nebulous, focus on the need to 'engage learners', but also draws on the ' ‘21st century skills’ agenda, and the need to bring new entrants, including for-profit education providers, into schools.<ref>[http://www.aitsl.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/professional_practices_increase_student_engagement_learning.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Insights and ideas], Learning Frontiers on the AITSL website, accessed August 2015</ref>

==People==
*[[David Albury]], formerly a principal advisor to [[Tony Blair]]'s Strategy Unit. Co-author with [[Geoff Mulgan]] in 2003 of the Innovation Unit's report: ‘'Innovation in the Public Sector’' for the [[Cabinet Office]].

==History and Funding==
The Innovation Unit was established in June 2002 by the what is now UK [[Department for Education]] as part of the measures in the White Paper 'S'chools – Achieving Success'' which followed the Education Act 2002. Its focus until 2006 was purely on reform of education and services for children. Since 2006 the Innovation Unit has been independent of government and receives no funding from it. It is funded by the projects it undertakes for clients in the public, private and charity sectors.

==Contacts==
:Website: http://www.innovationunit.org
:Address: CAN Mezzanine, 49-51 East Road, London N1 6AH

==References==
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 The Innovation Unit describes the Partnership as a ‘community of key education system leaders, policy-makers, thought-leaders and world-class consultants collaborating to transform education at local, national and international levels'.
-GELP is jointly funded by [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]; [[Cisco]]; [[Promethean]]; and the [[Ellen Koshland Family Fund]].
+GELP began as a Cisco-run project, before handing over to the Innovation Unit in 2011. It now recieves funds from [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]; [[Promethean]]; the [[Ellen Koshland Family Fund]], and [[Cisco]].
 The Innovation Unit's [[David Albury]] is the 'design and development director' of the partnership.

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 *[[Valerie Hannon]], co-founder of the Innovation Unit; founding member and Director of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]]; senior consultant to the [[OECD]] Innovative Learning Environments program, and contributor and adviser to the [[World Summit on Innovation in Education]].
 *[[Tony Mackay]], chair of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]] and Inaugural Chair of the Innovation Unit; he is a consultant advisor to [[OECD]]/CERI and is Chair of the [[National Institute for School Leadership]] in Washington; he is on the board of the [[Asia Education Foundation]], the [[Foundation for Young Australians]], and [[Teach for Australia]].
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 ===Board members===
-*[[Valerie Hannon]], co-founder of the Innovation Unit; founding member and Director of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]]; senior consultant to the [[OECD]] Innovative Learning Environments program, and contributor and adviser to the [[World Summit on Innovation in Education]]
+*[[Valerie Hannon]], co-founder of the Innovation Unit; founding member and Director of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]]; senior consultant to the [[OECD]] Innovative Learning Environments program, and contributor and adviser to the [[World Summit on Innovation in Education]].
-*[[Tony Mackay]], chair of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]] and Inaugural Chair of the Innovation Unit.
+*[[Tony Mackay]], chair of the [[Global Education Leaders Partnership]] and Inaugural Chair of the Innovation Unit; he is a consultant advisor to [[OECD]]/CERI and is Chair of the [[National Institute for School Leadership]] in Washington; he is on the board of the [[Asia Education Foundation]], the [[Foundation for Young Australians]], and [[Teach for Australia]].
 *[[David Albury]]

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 GELP is jointly funded by [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]; [[Cisco]]; [[Promethean]]; and the [[Ellen Koshland Family Fund]].
-The Innovation Unit's David Albury is the 'design and development director' of the Partnership.
+The Innovation Unit's [[David Albury]] is the 'design and development director' of the partnership.
 ===Other education reform programmes===
-*New York's iZone: The Innovation Unit helped New York City's Education Department developed its [[iZone]] initiative, which has seen a small number of schools in the city - 'Lab Schools' - try and reform how they teach, often through the use of more technology. iZone has received funds from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Cisco]] and [[Google]]. David Albury of the Innovation Unit, in a [[Nesta]] video, describes what they are trying to do as 'transformative change'.<ref>[http://innovationunit.org/our-projects/projects/re-inventing-inner-city-schools-new-york iZone], Innovation Unit website, accessed August 2015</ref>
+*New York's iZone: The Innovation Unit helped New York City's Education Department develop its [[iZone]] initiative, which has seen a small number of schools in the city - 'Lab Schools' - try to reform how they teach, often through the use of more technology. iZone has received funds from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Cisco]] and [[Google]]. David Albury of the Innovation Unit, in a [[Nesta]] video, describes what they are trying to do as 'transformative change'.<ref>[http://innovationunit.org/our-projects/projects/re-inventing-inner-city-schools-new-york iZone], Innovation Unit website, accessed August 2015</ref>
 *''Learning Frontiers'', a similar project in Australia, sponsored by the [[Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership]], that brings together clusters of schools and other interested parties into ‘design hubs' to 'radically rethink their approach to learning'. It has a stated, if somewhat nebulous, focus on the need to 'engage learners', but also draws on the ' ‘21st century skills’ agenda, and the need to bring new entrants, including for-profit education providers, into schools.<ref>[http://www.aitsl.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/professional_practices_increase_student_engagement_learning.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Insights and ideas], Learning Frontiers on the AITSL website, accessed August 2015</ref>

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 The '''Innovation Unit''' is a UK social enterprise that looks to improve public services through 'innovation'.
-It focuses on three key areas: Education; Health and Social Care; and Local Government.
+It focuses on three key areas: education; health and social care; and local government.
-==Lobbying for Education Reform==
+==Lobbying for 'education reform'==
 ===Radically transforming education... globally===
 The Innovation Unit leads the [[Global Education Leaders’ Partnership]] (GELP), which has the grand aim of 'reimagining the future of education at a global scale'<ref>[http://innovationunit.org/our-projects/projects/transforming-education-systems-around-world Global Education Leaders’ Partnership], Innovation Unit website, accessed August 2015</ref>

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 ==People==
 *[[David Albury]], formerly a principal advisor to [[Tony Blair]]'s Strategy Unit. Co-author with [[Geoff Mulgan]] in 2003 of the Innovation Unit's report: ‘'Innovation in the Public Sector’' for the [[Cabinet Office]].
 ==History and Funding==