About our Author/Contributor

Teachers and Heads work in a fast changing environment. Keeping abreast of what is happening that is relevant to your job is a huge challenge. This is where our News Review and Commentary service can help.
We separate the wheat from the chaff. We get behind the headlines and drill a little deeper into topical issues in our analysis and commentary section. We also highlight what is happening in Westminster and Whitehall and how this impacts on the profession, keeping you in touch with research that could help you in the classroom, in your leadership role, and with your professional development. We also flag up well in advance events, seminars and conferences that might interest you, and support you, professionally.
Patrick Watson manages his own Public Affairs company Montrose Public Affairs Consultants Ltd and has specialised in providing monitoring and analysis services and strategic public affairs advice for a range of clients in the education, skills, training and guidance sectors for twenty years.
He undertakes original research offering bespoke Consultancy advice and is an expert on policy issues advising clients on how best to promote and protect their interests in the public policy environment, covering the media, Westminster and Whitehall, research bodies and the think tanks and non-departmental public bodies.
Patrick can be contacted on 0207 207 1435 or via email at: montrosepw@aol.com