Annie Peel BA, PGCE, FRSA

2008-2014  BA, (Distinction) Edinburgh College of Art

2004-2006  Art Foundation Studies, Oxford and Cherwell College

2001 Became Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

1970 -1971  Post Graduate Certificate in Education, London University

1964-1967 BA Hons English (Environmental Studies/Philosophy), Lancaster University

I grew up amongst artists, which may be why my father wouldn’t let me go to art college in the 1960s.  I enjoyed a career in publishing but always promised myself that I would fulfil my ambition when I retired.  I studied for a BA at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in May 2014.

I worked for thirty years as a journalist, editor and publisher.  Most of my career was with Scholastic, the American global educational and children’s publisher, where I was Editor in Chief, then Publisher of educational books and magazines.  I managed titles such as Art and Design, Child Education, Pictorial Education and Literacy Centres, winning a number of awards from the Publishers’ and Periodical Publishers’ Associations. I was also Editorial Director of the Thorson’s and Grapevine imprints at Thorson’s plc.