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Chair
Alison Morris
Head of TVET, ETF
Alison has worked in
the skills sector for over fifteen years. She is currently Head of
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the Education and
Training Foundation where she is responsible for development and management of
the significant programme of support for providers delivering apprenticeships,
and other areas of work focusing on technical and vocational education and
training. Alison previously worked at UKCES where she has led on policy
and research work in areas including higher level skills, employability,
education business links and careers guidance.
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Jay Derrick
Director of Initial Teacher Education and CPD, UCL Institute of Education
Jay Derrick is Director of post-compulsory Teacher Education at the University College London Institute of Education (UCL IOE), Director of the ETF-funded Teach Too Development Project, and of the UCL Centre for Post 14 Education and Work. Previously he worked for many years in adult, further and vocational education and training, with a strong focus on learning for and through employment.
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Paul Grainger
Co-director of Centre for Education and Work, UCL Institute of Education
Paul is Co Director of the Centre for Post-14 Education and Work, UCL. He leads professional development, research and dissemination on formally assessed and post compulsory education, and is presently working on models of college leadership. He maintains a brief on the responses of institutions and professionals to policy change, and advises on strategic planning, management and governance development, institutional and system leadership, principally in the Further Education sector. Previously Paul spent thirty years in further education. In the 90’s, as Director of Curriculum at S E Essex College, he set the strategic context for a major new university campus in partnership with Essex University. More recently, as the Principal of a college in Liverpool, he created a new sixth-form campus.Paul has been a core member of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training. He has also been an inspector, and a Chief Examiner for the City & Guilds. His recent research has been on issues that derive from the Commission for Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning, working on projects to explore the potential of Teach Two, the Two Way Street, and on apprenticeships. At present he is supervising research for the Further Education Trust for Leadership on leadership development within high skills ecosystems skills eco-systems.
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Gary Howard
WorldSkills UK
A successful crime scene investigator and manager who has experience in the UK and abroad delivering services to governments and individuals on a range of incidents including air crashes, shootings, bombings and sudden deaths.
Gary is the Managing Director of Complete Forensics a not for profit organisation that raises standards in science through forensic workshops and enrichment.
A finalist for freelancer of the year 2016, Gary has delivered the Forensic Science competition for the last four years and is now working towards making this an international competition on the WorldSkills stage.
@Com_Forensics - Twitter
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Alison Fuller
Pro-Director (Research and Development), Professor of Vocational Education and Training, University College of London, Institute of Education
Alison is Pro-Director (Research and Development) and Professor of Vocational Education and Work at University College London Institute of Education. She has been researching, and publishing in the field of, education – work transitions, apprenticeship, vocational education and training (VET), and widening participation in higher education for 25 years.
Alison has longstanding research interests in education, training and work in the health care sector, and is currently involved in two sector related studies. She is directing an ESRC funded project, 'Work organisation, learning and employee-driven innovation in healthcare' and is co-investigator in an NIHR funded study 'Creating learning environments for compassionate care ' led by Professor Jackie Bridges at the niversity of Southampton. Her recent publications include, 'Apprenticeship and progression the healthcare sector' in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training, and Creating learning environments for compassionate care: a programme to promote compassionate care by health and social care teams, in the Journal of Older People Nursing.
Alison was previously appointed Independent Adviser to the Education and Training Foundation’s VET expert panel. She is currently a member of the All Parliamentary Skills Commission and is a non-executive member of the Semta Board of Trustees.
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Jo Lopes
Head of Technical Excellence Engineering Strategy & Transformation, Jaguar Land Rover
José has responsibility for development and nurturing of engineering skills and competencies within the company. This responsibility extends to engineering graduates and apprentices, so they have the necessary skills to support future growth.
Directly involved with a number of UK universities, colleges and engineering professional bodies, as well as the chair of a University Technical College, José is working for closer links between schools, academia and industry.
He chairs skills for the UK Automotive Council, working across the automotive sector with Government to deliver the needs for sustainable growth. This work is supported by his role as a non-executive director of industrial skills organisation SEMTA. He also is the chairman of the Human Capital work-stream for the EU Commission GEAR 2030 project to boost automotive competitiveness.
A Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology and of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, José is also a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He was recently named in the Manufacturer Magazine Top 100 2016, for inspiring leadership and a driver for cultural change.
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Mark Eden
Head of Work Based Learning - Engineering Projewcts, WCF - Warwick Trident
Mark started his career within the automotive retail sector as an apprentice vehicle technician at a local dealership. On completion of his apprenticeship Mark held several roles within the retail sector, from vehicle technician, workshop controller to managing workshops and service departments, across a range of franchised dealerships. Mark has also worked directly for and represented vehicle manufacturers in various technical roles.
Mark changed his career focus into a learning environment in 2005, working for a national training provider of vocational and apprenticeship training. Again holding several key roles and broadening his experience within this field.
Mark joined the College as a lecturer within the motor vehicle department in 2012. He also used his previous experience of vocational training to support and develop the provision offered by the college at that time from an IQA perspective. After completing his teaching degree, Mark joined the quality team to support other colleagues with their own practice.
Mark progressed to a Head of Work Based Learning Role within the Engineering Department and has also been fortunate to have held responsibility for the work based provision within Motor Vehicle, Agricultural Engineering, Construction and Engineering departments.
Mark’s current role is focussing on engineering projects for the college and developing innovative programmes to support business needs.
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Peter Husband
Group Deputy Principal, Apprenticeships & Innovation - Warwick Trident College
Peter has been working in further education for the last 19 years. He started his career as an Engineering lecturer at Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology before moving to WCG in 1996. Peter progressed to Programme Area Manager for Engineering in 1998, Director of Strategic Developments in 2001 and became a Vice Principal in 2003.
Peter has been extremely fortunate to be part of some exciting times at WCG including mergers and several new sites being built and feels privileged to be part of the group’s development into an entrepreneurial college group.
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