Brin is the director of Innovation for Education Ltd, a company providing training and consultancy services to schools and education authorities on a range of contemporary issues. Brin has worked in schools and local authorities as a teacher, head of department, development officer and G&T strand coordinator. He writes and speaks on a variety of education issues and is the author and editor of 14 books, including the bestselling Gifted & Talented Resource Handbook, published in 2004. He is the series consultant and has written six titles for Teachers’ Pocketbooks, which won an Education Resources Award in 2005.