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Apprenticeship Reference Group

Group Chair

Linda Dean, Vice Principal Apprenticeships, Business and People, Blackpool and The Fylde College

Members:

  • Barney Willis , Head of Apprenticeship and Traineeship Operations, Weston College
  • Brian Malyan, Assistant Principal, Derby College Group
  • Carl Riding, Director: Estates & Sustainability, Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG)
  • Danielle Judge, Assistant Principal: Apprenticeships, Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG)
  • Darren Coventry, Assistant Principal Apprenticeships and Business Development, City of Portsmouth College
  • Debbie Houghton, Executive Director Apprenticeships and Business Development, Bedford College Group (The)
  • Gina Steele, Deputy Managing Director Total People, LTE Group
  • Grant Glendinning, CEO and Group Principal, Education Training Collective
  • Helen Rose, Vice Principal External Relations & Apprenticeships, Kirklees College
  • Jackie Chapman, Group Principal Apprenticeships, Partnerships & Innovation, Capital City College Group
  • Jackie Lanagan, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Partnerships, East Durham College
  • Jacqui Canton, Principal, Abingdon and Witney College
  • James Norris , Assistant Principal - Commercial Development, Walsall College
  • Jenny Scrivens, Head of Apprenticeships and Skills, Stoke on Trent College
  • John Kelly, Director of Delivery Faculty of Construction & Engineering , Activate Learning
  • John Lyne, Chair, Tameside College
  • Kam Dehal, Vice Principal - Business Development, East Surrey College (Orbital South Colleges)
  • Lisa Parish, Assistant Principal- Curriculum Strategy and Innovation, West Suffolk College
  • Mike Blakeley, Executive Director of Apprenticeships and Future Skills, Exeter College
  • Nicki Clarke, Executive Director of Apprenticeships, Hull College
  • Nicola McKegney, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships and Business Development, Derwentside College
  • Rachael Smith, Director of Faculty - Apprenticeships and Workbased Learning, Walsall College
  • Rachel Corns, Assistant Principal, Dudley College of Technology
  • Richard Roberts, Director of Apprenticeships & Commercial Development, Hertford Regional College
  • Sarah Stephens-Lewis, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement - Workplace Learning Central, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS)
  • Sharon Bennett, Director of Apprenticeships & Partnerships, New College Durham
  • Sharon Yates, Assistant Principal - Apprenticeships & Business Hub, Reaseheath College
  • Tracey Baron, Deputy Principal Curriculum and Quality, Nelson and Colne College Group (NCCG)

Meeting dates 2024/25

  • Wednesday 2 October 2024 10:00am-11:30am
  • Wednesday 5 February 2025 10:00am-11:30am
  • Wednesday 14 May 2025 10:00am-11:30am

Past meetings: