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Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson is a leading academic in Classics Education and Public Policy at Durham University, holding a British Academy Innovation Fellowship (2022-2024). She earned degrees from Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge before transitioning to teaching and academic research. Her work focuses on oracy, classical education access, and policy engagement, with notable projects like 'Shy Bairns Get Nowt' and 'Aristotle Beyond the Academy'. She advises international governments and chairs the Latin Expert Panel at the UK Department for Education. Awards include an MBE (2023) and Academia Europaea membership (2024).
Her research spans education policy, classical pedagogy, and rhetoric's role in civic engagement. Key projects include collaborations with the Leverhulme Trust, AHRC, and the Advocating Classics Education initiative. She co-directs Durham's Centre for Classics Education Research and EngagementS (CERES) and contributes to policy via roles like Vice-Chair of the Universities Policy Engagement Network.
- Education Background: BA (Oxford), MPhil (Harvard), PhD (Cambridge)
- Policy Roles: Advisor to UK Parliament, UNESCO, and APG on Oracy Education
- Key Projects:
- Levelling up through talk: Oracy and social mobility (British Academy)
- Classics in Communities outreach program
- Aristotle's rhetoric reception in non-academic contexts (Leverhulme)
Her publications emphasize curriculum innovation, access equity, and interdisciplinary approaches. Recent work addresses oracy's role in employability, critical literacy, and global classical education trends.