I  specialise in the links between lifelong learning, employment and urban regeneration. I was  a joint director of Martin Yarnit Associates with Liz Cousins. MYA was responsible for the project management of the Community Learning Champions National Support Programme funded by  Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and delivered in partnership with NIACE, WEA and unionlearn. I have  spoken at events organised by the Canadian, Australian and Catalan Governments. Other clients have  included NIACE, LSIS, regional development agencies, Government Offices, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations. I was a prime mover behind Adult Learners Week and devised a proposal for Education Action Zones that appeared in Labour’s 1997 Manifesto. Recent work has focused on devising local education governance  and lifelong learning frameworks  Married with two grown up daughters, I live in Herefordshire on the border with Wales. http://www.martinyarnitassociates.co.uk Publications include Advancing Opportunity: New Models of Schooling with contributions from Tim Brighouse, Richard Pring, Fiona Millar and Matthew Taylor. (Smith Institute 2009) Building Local Initiatives for Learning, Skills and Employment: Testbed learning communities reviewed (NIACE 2006) Towns, Cities and Regions in the Learning Age: a survey of learning communities (LGA 2000)