Join an Advisory Board
Lend your expertise to a growing national institute. We warmly welcome applications from researchers, practitioners and specialists who share our commitment to advancing the science and practice of learning.
Our Advisory Boards bring together leading researchers, practitioners and specialists who share our commitment to advancing the science and practice of learning. Advisers offer authoritative, evidence-informed guidance and constructive challenge that keeps our work rigorous, credible and genuinely useful — informing our thinking without the legal responsibilities that come with being a trustee.
Below you can read a little about each of our nine Advisory Boards, the benefits of joining one, and what the role involves. When you are ready, you can apply using the form at the bottom of this page.
Our nine Advisory Boards
Learn more →Safeguards the quality and integrity of our research, advising on methodology, evidence standards and research ethics.
Learn more →Deepens our understanding of how conditions such as ADHD, autism and dyslexia affect learning, and how every learner can be supported to thrive.
Learn more →Keeps our work grounded in the realities of the classroom and the home, drawing on the experience of school leaders, teachers and those who support families.
Learn more →At the very heart of our mission: advising on metacognition, memory, study strategies and how people learn most effectively.
Learn more →Helps us navigate the opportunities and risks of technology and artificial intelligence in education, keeping integrity and learners' interests at the centre.
Learn more →Informs how we engage, as an independent and non-partisan charity, with policymakers and public debate to advance better learning for all.
Learn more →Advises on legal compliance, research ethics and safeguarding, helping us uphold the highest standards in everything we do.
Learn more →Champions inclusion and widening access across our work, so that the benefits of better learning reach everyone.
Learn more →Supports students aspiring to competitive and selective universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, with a particular commitment to those from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
The benefits of joining an Advisory Board
Advising IALM is a meaningful, low-burden way to put your expertise to work for the public benefit.
Shape work that matters
Your expertise feeds directly into the research, resources and guidance IALM produces for learners, educators and policymakers.
Genuine public benefit
Support a UK charity working to advance the science and practice of learning for the benefit of the wider public.
A modest, flexible commitment
Typically around two meetings a year, remote or hybrid, without the legal duties or liabilities of a trustee.
Recognition & affiliation
Use an agreed IALM adviser title and affiliation, once your appointment is confirmed to you in writing.
A multidisciplinary community
Connect with fellow advisers and trustees across education, psychology, law, policy, technology and more.
Independent, evidence-informed influence
Offer guidance and challenge that genuinely shapes our priorities and thinking, free from any governance burden.
What being an adviser involves
Apply to Join an Advisory Board
Please complete the form below to register your interest. Tell us about your background, upload your CV (and a covering letter if you'd like to include one), and let us know which board or boards you'd like to join.
You are welcome to apply to join more than one Advisory Board — simply select all that interest you in the form below.
