This week, Nick talks to Ed Fidoe, CEO of The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS).
Ed is the co-founder and CEO of The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS), a new university in east London that offers BASc and MASc which oriented around complex problems, not disciplines.
In 2012 Ed co-founded School 21 in Stratford with Peter Hyman and Oli de Botton. In 2017 the first GCSE class achieved grades that placed them in the top 5% of the country for attainment, and the school was awarded an Outstanding Ofsted. In 2014 Ed led the launch of Voice 21 to raise the status of oracy in schools.
Ed has also advised the leaders of several education institutions including Cambridge University, LSE, Teach First, Teach for All, Ark Schools and Eton College, as well as over 30 other clients in the private sector and government.
Previously Ed ran a theatre production company with the screenwriter Matt Charman and was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. He has served on the boards of Ashoka UK and Big Education.
Nick and Ed talk about Ed’s career and how Ed’s see the future of education with the LIS.
Ed’s book choices were:
The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato
The Rise of the Meritocracy by Michael Young
The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics by David Goodhart
Ed’s music choice was: The Streets, Don’t Mug Yourself
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