Baird is a Professor II at SLATE, and a member of SLATE Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). She is a Professorial Fellow, St. Anne’s College and the Director of the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. She has been involved in the establishment of SLATE, particularly with respect to expanding SLATE's scientific network and in the definition and follow-up of projects intrinsic to SLATE’s research activity within innovative assessment practices.

Read the University of Oxford’s press release about Baird’s appointment.