Liz Cleaver  

Biography: Liz Cleaver, Controller, BBC Learning is responsible for the BBC's learning output and activity.  Under Liz Cleaver, BBC Learning has developed a portfolio of offerings designed to meet real learning needs and to complement and support the formal education process.

These include Blast, a specially designed creative learning project for 13-19 year olds, RaW, a pan-BBC project aimed at encouraging people to improve their reading and writing skills, the popular revision aid Bitesize which is used by 70% of GCSE students, and Br eathing Places , a four-year initiative to inspire people to take action in their natural environment.

Prior to taking up the role of Controller, Learning, Liz Cleaver set up and ran Interactive Factual & Learning, where she oversaw the development of some groundbreaking and award-winning multi-platform content, including Walking With Beasts , People's War, CDX and Coast Mobile .

As Head of Programmes, Liz also launched and led BBC Knowledge, the forerunner of BBC Four. Before that she worked at the BBC as a Commissioning Executive, Executive Editor and a Producer in television and radio. Liz originally trained as a teacher, before moving into BBC radio production.

Abstract: Libraries and BBC Learning: highlights from our partnership and future opportunities

In March 2004 BBC Learning and the Public Library Sector signed a ground breaking partnership agreement in order to achieve value for their audiences and for their respective institutions. The broadcast landscape has changed rapidly since then, so after three years it is time to review what we have achieved and think about how we would like to work together in the future.