Mike is a columnist for BBC News Online, The Guardian and Policy Review. He broadcasts regularly on BBC TV and Radio and is a presenter at Teachers TV. Twice winner of Education Journalist of the Year, he writes an education blog at: http://www.mikebakereducation.co.uk

During 27 years with the BBC, he was Education Correspondent 1989-2007, and before that was a Political and Foreign Correspondent.

He was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education and held fellowships at Oxford and Michigan, publishing several books. He is an Honorary Fellow of the College of Teachers, a judge on the National Teaching Awards and a Trustee at the National Education Trust and Villiers Park Education Trust. Mike provides consultancy and media training to the education sector.

Educated at state schools and Cambridge University, he has an MA from Kingston University.