Julie Dougill

Julie has many years’ experience of working in education including in secondary schools, in FE as a senior leader and more recently in a local authority where she had strategic responsibility for Leadership Development and Governor Services. Throughout her career in education she has served on a range of governing boards developing a wide skillset. Julie is passionate about governance and has completed a number of external board reviews across the FE sector, provided support to Boards and senior management teams in areas such as board evaluation, board effectiveness, preparing for inspections and the development of strategic plans.

Julie is currently the Chair at Plumpton College, an innovative specialist Land Based College in Sussex and is the college Safeguarding link governor. She brings her enthusiasm for the FE sector, land-based provision and commitment to improving outcomes for all learners together in her role at Plumpton. She also sits on several local and national Chairs’ forums and works across the country providing support to enhance leadership and governance within the education sector.