Teaching English for the Real World

Joe Nutt is an author and leading educationalist in the UK. He wrote a fortnightly column for the TES from 2015 - 19 and his books on Donne, Shakespeare and Milton are used by some of the country’s leading schools. He has also written for The Spectator, Spiked and Areo magazine and published commercial and academic research. He is also a frequent conference speaker appearing at major educational events like the Academies Show, researchED’s national conference, Wellington College’s Festival of Education and the Tutors’ Association National Conference.

Most significantly, his career has been divided into two distinct halves. Almost twenty years teaching English, including a decade at the genuinely world class City of London School, was followed by almost the same time working in business, including with major companies like Deloitte, RM and Mouchel. This has given him a unique advantage because almost everything he has done in the commercial world revolves around writing or speaking. He is able to look at English teaching from the perspective not just of a hugely experience English teacher but as someone who works as a professional writer in the widest possible sense.