Experience

Activate Learning

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Training and Apprenticeships

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Strategic and operational leadership of the Activate Enterprise apprenticeship and commercial training offer.

• Director Learning Experience - Apprenticeships

  • May 2022 - Oct 2022

• Director Applied Learning Foundation

  • Aug 2016 - Apr 2022



Abingdon and Witney College

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Faculty Foundation/English & Maths

  • May 2013 - Jul 2016

  Alongside running the Learning Centres, I am responsible for all cross-college delivery of English and Maths which includes GCSEs and functional skills. I continue to have responsibility for cross-college dyslexia and study support, plus cross-college Learning Support Assistant allocation and the Sensory Impairment support.

• Programme Area Manager Personalised Learning and Development

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2016

  I set up the Gateway programme which was our response to the local NEET agenda. In addition I oversaw the initial year of setting up and running our new construction facility at Avenue One, one mile from the main Witney campus. Cross-college dyslexia and study support remained in my remit.

• Head of Faculty Foundation

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2013

  I ran a large faculty with over 100 staff. Foundation included specialist autism support, provision for students with learning difficulties, level 1 provision etc. Foundation also provided all cross-college dyslexia and study support and co-ordinated the cross -college functional skills embedded delivery and support.

• Programme Area Manager Skills for Life

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2010

  Implementation of the Skills for Life programme including adult numeracy and literacy classes plus delivery of the level 4/5 teacher training modules for literacy and numeracy specialists.