The Educational Research Trust is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 charity based in Harrow and founded in 1985.

Charitable Objects

The Trust's main charitable objects as listed on documents lodged with the Charities Commission are:

• To promote the advancement of knowledge in the field of education in all its branches
• To promote and undertake research into education or educational standards of any kind (but with particular reference to the philosophical and religious principles of involved in education)
• To publish and dissemeinate the useful results of any research undertaken as aforesaid.

Trustees and Directors

The charity's trustees are Mrs Jessica Douglas-Home, Professor Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton

Roger Vernon Scruton is a conservative English philosopher and writer. He is the author of over 30 books, including Art and Imagination , Sexual Desire , The Aesthetics of Music , and A Political Philosophy: Arguments For Conservatism...

, and Mr L. Norcross. The organisation's directors

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 are Dr John Marks, a former Professor of the private University of Buckingham

University of Buckingham

The University of Buckingham is an independent, non-sectarian, research and teaching university located in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Great Ouse. It was originally founded as Buckingham University College in the 1970s and received its Royal Charter from the...

 and Baroness Cox

Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox FRCN; born 6 July 1937) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She also is the founder and CEO of an organisation called the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust...

. They are both also directors of the Centre for Social Cohesion

Centre for Social Cohesion

The Centre for Social Cohesion is a British think tank headquartered in London and founded in 2007.-Foundation and constitution:CSC was established with funding of circa £275,000 from Civitas. The organisation is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, and was incorporated and registered...

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