| Speakers |
| David Sangster The Education Funding Agency David spent more than 8 years in arm’s length bodies, firstly six and a half years in the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and two years in the Young People’s Learning Agency. He had been Acting Head of Policy and Planning in LSC London East in 2006 when he transferred to national LSC and has worked across policy and strategy for all ages. He has worked on Foundation Learning policy for young people at a national level since November 2009. David joined the Department for Education as part of the Education Funding Agency in April 2012. David brings a wealth of delivery experience to his role, having previously worked in an FE College, an HE institution, a local authority worked based learning provider and with Connexions. Prior to working in the education and skills sector, David was an award winning financial journalist, author, publishing intermediary and a PR consultant. | |
| Paul Warner Association of Employment and Learning Providers Having been a specialist recruitment consultant to the defence industry for six years, Paul started in the post-16 sector in 1993 working on Training for Work contracts for TBG Learning. He subsequently took on a variety of related operational and senior management roles, culminating in a successful tenure as Director of Business Development. On leaving TBG he worked as a consultant for a time, including a spell managing WBL delivery at Barking College in East London, before joining AELP in September 2003 where he now oversees all aspects of operational and policy delivery, particularly concentrating on the alignment of the skills and employability agendas. Paul holds a First Class Honours degree in International Relations from the University of Keele, and an MA in Post-Compulsory Education and Training from the University of Sheffield. He is a Director of the Institute of Employability Professionals and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Married with one daughter, hailing from the New Forest but living in Essex, he lists his hobbies as rock music, amateur dramatics and karate. | |
