She recently stood down from this role to become an Ambassador. Ruth Spellman was the first and only female chief executive in the 116 year history of the WEA - the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education in England and Scotland. He has also worked a consultant to Cardiff Local Education Authority on curriculum development, and at the WJEC was responsible for the development of a portfolio of European vocational training projects.Ī firm believer in strong partner relations as a means of getting more value to from line services and of ensuring timely responses to local and national priorities. This was followed by three years in the Civil Service designing and implementing the National Curriculum for modern foreign languages in schools and two years as a Post Graduate Teacher Trainer at University College Swansea. His career started as a teacher at Oakdale School in Gwent and then as Head of Department at Llanrumney High school in Cardiff. He was previously responsible for delivering learndirect contract in Wales and England and has served on the Board of WEA South Wales and Agored Cymru and Rubicon Dance. Jeff Greenidge has over 25 years of senior level strategic leadership and management within the public, commercial and non-profit sectors in the UK and Europe.
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In 2013 she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Education by the University of Bedfordshire for “her outstanding contribution to further education and support for access and progression to higher education.” Maggie was appointed CBE for services to local and national further education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours’ List 2009. Currently she is a member of the Board of NEBOSH, the National Examination Board in Occupational Health and Safety. She has also carried out varied assignments in colleges as a National Leader in Governance for the FE sector, was chair of City College Coventry leading up to a merger in 2017, chair of NIACE, a member of the Council of the Open University and Vice Chair of the Learning Without Limits Academy Trust. This includes having been a member of Ofqual Board, the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) Quality Assessment Committee, the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) Board, the National Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the LSC’s Young People’s Learning Committee, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Teaching Quality and Student Experience Committee and the Teaching Excellence Framework Review Advisory Group. Maggie has extensive experience at Board level nationally and locally. A strong advocate for lifelong learning and inclusion, she has been chair of the Learning and Work Institute since its formation. She served for sixteen years as Principal of two further education colleges, Henley College Coventry and then Leicester College, and was elected President of the Association of Colleges in 2012/13.
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Maggie is also Pro Chancellor and Chair of Council at Buckinghamshire New University and is also a member of the Further Education Advisory Panel for the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for higher and further education.
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Maggie Galliers is Chair of the Learning and Work Institute Board.
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