Annual Review 2015 - 2016 Transforming Lives, Supporting Business

www.gloscol.ac.uk Contents From the Chair 2 From the Chair and the Principal and the Principal Chair’s Welcome Further Education Colleges (FE) make the difference 3 Our Provision between the next steps on to the ladder of a worthwhile Meeting the Skills career, or settling for low paid jobs. Colleges are the choice of significantly more young adults than universities Needs of the County each year and help ensure a professional, technically skilled workforce can help grow the UK economy. 4 Investing to Meet the The Board of College believes passionately in the value of Further Education in the county Needs of the County to meet the demands of labour markets, employers and students.

5 Transforming Lives That is why it is determined to continue its mission to upskill students and help them progress into a world of better paid work. students must leave for their destinations Student Success equipped, not just by training but also by hands-on experience. That is why, in 2015, the College invested directly in successful businesses, such as Graduations at no.9 and Chelsea Bar and Brasserie to name but two of several, in which students become immersed in the real world of work 6 Supporting Business and use the practical skills they have learned. Initiatives like these, combined with an increased emphasis on the teaching of Science, Technology, English and Maths (STEM), will ensure students leave work-ready to meet the needs of Gloucestershire’s employers. 7 Supporting our The world of FE is changing, significantly and fast! That is why Gloucestershire College is changing Community too, as part of its Strategic Plan, to provide greater organisational agility and a more effective operation which maintains and enhances the focus on students and employers as the key drivers of the organisation. The Board is proud of the way staff are responding positively to the new culture. 8 Students Supporting The Board has no doubt that its strategy of prudent use of current resources alongside bold our Community investment will ensure that the future, for all its stakeholders, will be full of opportunity.

9 Working in Partnership Graham Ripley, Chair of Governors

10 Staff Equipped to Principal’s Welcome Our mission statement “Transforming lives, supporting Support Success business” underpins everything we aim to achieve at Gloucestershire College, which is to ensure our students leave with the qualifications and skills they need to be 11 Leadership Team employable and in-demand by businesses.

Across our three campuses in , and the we successfully deliver a broad range of apprenticeships and professional and technical training in high-growth industries including engineering, construction, IT, health and social care, business, finance and tourism.

As a member of the GFirst LEP Board, I am proud to work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and local authorities to drive economic growth in Gloucestershire, by ensuring the College attracts, trains and retains skilled students to support business growth and create business and investment opportunities.

We currently work with more than 900 local employers but we need the ongoing support of Gloucestershire businesses to ensure the College is able to continue to train and grow the workforce of the future.

To achieve this, and to meet the needs of the local community, we have invested significantly in improving our facilities during the past year, and have ambitious plans to relocate and build a new campus in the Forest of Dean, as part of the Northern Quarter project.

This, coupled with our industry-experienced and passionate staff, enables us to provide first-class education, innovation and inspiration for the next generation, cementing Gloucestershire College as a remarkable place to learn, develop and flourish.

Matthew Burgess, Principal and Chief Executive

2 GC Annual Review 15/16 Our Provision Meeting the skills needs of the county Gloucestershire College is a modern, career-focused college of further and higher education, with three main campuses in Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean.

Our provision is driven by the needs of the county, with staff at all levels actively engaging with GFirst LEP, employers, industry bodies and the local authorities to respond to current and future skills needs.

We deliver courses at Level 1 to Level 7, equivalent to a master’s degree, in a range of academic courses and professional and technical training. Our programmes support students at every stage of their career: progression from school or college to university level, professional development and back-to-work support.

All students develop skills in their chosen field, gain an academic and industry-recognised qualification, develop wider skills such as team-working and communication, and enhance their career prospects.

“Our courses are highly focused and relevant, and are taught by experienced practitioners active in their fields.”Vice Principal Peter White

In 2015 GC Jobsmart helped get 93 unemployed people back in to work through our coaching and qualification-based programme, which is supported by employers who commit to providing job interviews and opportunities to those who complete the course.

After meeting some of the 25 talented higher apprentices from GC at GE Aviation Cheltenham, David Owen, CEO at GFirst LEP, commented:

“The quality, confidence and knowledge of the Gloucestershire College higher apprentices were superb. All of those we met were making a real difference at GE Aviation and being given significant responsibility by the company – a testament to how well developed they are.

“Apprenticeships provide a great way for young people to gain invaluable experience and qualifications whilst earning money. What was very clear from the visit was that the apprentices are working on projects that are real, and having an impact on GE locally as well as internationally.” Overview of what we offer:

Occupational Area Cheltenham Gloucester Forest of Dean Route FT PT App FT PT App FT PT App A Levels ✓ ✓ Arts and Media ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Business, Management and Finance ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Catering and Hospitality ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Construction and Building Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Early Years ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Engineering ✓ ✓ ✓ English and Maths ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ESOL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Health and Social Care ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ IT and Computing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Motor Vehicle ✓ ✓ Public Services ✓ Sport and Fitness ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Teacher Training ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Travel and Tourism ✓ Key: FT: Full-time PT: Part-time App: Apprenticeship

GC Annual Review 15/16 3 Investing to Meet the Needs of the County Responding to the requirements of employers and students to make sure our facilities match the latest industry standards, we annually reinvest over £1m to upgrade our Case Study equipment and facilities, to ensure we are developing students who have up-to-date skills and experience. Development of engineering degree to meet employer need

During 2014/15 over £1.7m was invested to create three first-class STEM Centres for the county. These centres are dedicated to improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths skills and include the Cheltenham Construction Centre, the Gloucester Engineering Centre and the Forest of Dean Construction Centre. Recognising our contribution to raising skills within the county, GFirst LEP contributed £800,000 towards the centres as part of its Growth Deal, which has upskilling the county’s STEM skills as integral to its Growth Strategy. £70k came from the Higher Education Funding Council to support high level STEM provision. Feedback from employers and students highlighted that students successfully completing their Electronic and Computer Engineering qualifications at the College wanted the opportunity to take their qualifications to a higher level, to meet employer skills needs and advance themselves in their profession.

Brian Fowler, Head of Engineering, who has significant industry experience, most recently as the Business Partner for the South West for SEMTA (Science Engineering And Manufacturing Technologies Alliance), took up the challenge and, working with the University of West of , developed our first full engineering degree which launched successfully in September 2015 with 16 Wider Contribution to Gloucestershire students from blue-chip companies across As well as delivering on the skills agenda: Gloucestershire. • we are one of the larger employers in Gloucestershire, with over 1,000 members of staff who predominantly live in Gloucestershire and contribute to the economy, • we bring £750,000 of direct investment from overseas students studying at the College and £1m of indirect investment through their subsistence and entertainment expenditure. GC House In a UK first, GC has bought a house in Gloucester as a renovation project for our construction and building services students, in order to further develop their skills and provide them with practical experience of working on-site, which will ultimately benefit their future employers and the local economy. Over 400 students will have the opportunity to work on the house, with completion planned for summer 2016 and support received from businesses including E G Carter, Howdens Joinery, Buildbase, Nicks Timber and Johnstones Paints, as well as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

4 GC Annual Review 15/16 Transforming Lives Student Success We celebrate the success of all our students during FE Awards Fortnight, two weeks of student success events in the summer. Here are a few highlights of our students achieving exceptional success, proving to themselves that they can reach the highest levels. World Class Outstanding GC Apprentices GC is active in the Building on his success as a bronze WorldSkills competition medal winner in the 2014 WorldSkills UK arena. These competitions Mechanical Engineering: Computer Aided showcase the exceptional Design (CAD) competition, Advanced talents of young people Mechanical Engineering Apprentice, Joe and adults in their pursuit Langley, won Apprentice of the Year in the of skills to the highest Cotswold Life Engineering, Manufacturing level. GC hosts regional and Innovation (EMI) Awards. events to promote the competitions and Joe, who was promoted to Product encourages and develops its students, across a Development Engineer at the Corin Group, range of disciplines, to have the ambition, skills and completed his apprenticeship in two, rather than the usual three, years confidence to compete nationally. so that he could return to university and study for his Mechanical Engineering degree part-time at the University of the West of England. In 2015 talented students reaching the national final included: Aisha Pandor – Outstanding Apprentice • Steven Benfield, from Cheltenham, Industrial of the Year (Public Sector) in the 2015 Electronics, progressing from winning a bronze medal Gloucestershire Apprenticeship Awards. in 2014 to silver in 2015 The 18-year-old Business Administration • Anita Banfi – Nail Art – won a silver medal in 2015 Apprentice, from Gloucester, previously • Thomas Laming, from Stonehouse – Cabinet worked as a Level 2 apprentice at Making competitor Cheltenham Borough Homes and is now • Harry Morley-Wint, from Gloucester – Industrial a Level 3 apprentice at Gloucester MP Electronics competitor Richard Graham’s office. Inspiring Charity Founder Business and Administration Apprentice, and Business Owner Shannon Keating, who works for Health and Cheltenham charity CPP, won Female Complementary Apprentice of the Year Award in the 2015 Foundation Degree Gloucestershire Women in Business Awards. student, Zoe Warner, won the BABTEC and TIBTAC Inspiring Person of the Year Award for her Therapies4Forces Project, which provides veterans with one-to-one Daniel Philips – 2015 Advanced Retail treatment to help with their recovery. Apprentice of the Year in the People 1st Apprenticeship Award which took place in Foundation Degree Course Leader, Jane Jenkins, said: the House of Commons in February 2015. “I am incredibly proud of Zoe as she is an excellent practitioner and conscientious student. Zoe has managed to juggle her academic work alongside a busy home life and a successful business, which is an achievement in itself.”

Norland Nannies Three Early Years Higher Awards Ceremony students, Maddie We celebrated the achievements of over 400 Higher Education students Mackenzie, Megan Mozol at our 25th Higher Awards Ceremony in November 2015, in the grand and Sophie Coles, are setting of . The ceremony marked achievements currently studying at the of students from 20 higher education subjects including: Higher National elite Norland College after Certificates (HNCs) in Construction and Electronic and Mechanical successfully achieving their Engineering; Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) in Business, Computing Diplomas for the Children and Creative Practice; foundation degrees in Uniformed Public Services, and Young People’s Early Years and Health and Complementary Therapies; and a range of Workforce at GC. teaching and accounting qualifications.

GC Annual Review 15/16 5 Gloucestershire’s Supporting leading provider of Business apprenticeships We currently work with Working with business is at the heart of what we do. GC offers over 650 employers to a wide range of professional and technical training at all levels to train 976 apprentices across 17 industry areas. create the workforce of the future.

GC is the leading provider of training to a wide range of businesses including micro 45% are traditional and multi-national companies, and private and public sector organisations, across the trade areas, including county. We are proud to be working with many key county employers including All construction, electrical, Fleet Services, A Bennett Electrical, E G Carter, Barnwood Construction, GE plumbing and motor Aviation, Poeton, Renishaw, Superdry, the NHS and Ultra Electronics. vehicle

We are passionate about employers benefitting from the great skills an apprentice can 17% are professional contribute and work actively to demonstrate what an apprentice has to offer as a core courses, including supporter of the Gloucestershire Apprenticeship Awards, the 100inOnehundred Accounting, Business Campaign and most recently the 2016 Apprentice 1000 campaign. Administration, IT and We are always updating the apprenticeships we offer to make sure they meet the Marketing. needs of employers. This may mean changing modules to meet the particular needs of an employer or developing new apprenticeships which enable apprentices to progress 38% are engineering, to degree level. including higher apprenticeships. September 2015 saw GC build on the success of our higher apprenticeship programme with GE Aviation and launch a series of new higher apprenticeships Over 90% of apprentices across the engineering, IT and professional services; creating a new work-based secure full-time route to graduate professions. These include Accounting, Business and Professional Administration, Care Leadership and Management, Cyber Security, Electrical and employment upon Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, among others. completion of their programme. Provision Tailored to the Needs of Employers Julie Tegg, Head of Work-based Learning. Employers have Julie has over 20 years’ experience in supporting high satisfaction businesses, really understands what they want and is with what we do committed to making sure GC provides it. Likeliness to recommend GC “We are passionate and proud of our apprenticeship to another employer seeking provision at Gloucestershire College, especially in 8.7 similar training terms of the range, levels and different delivery models we have developed in response to employer feedback. Satisfaction with the overall Our work with employers is essential to the success of students, and we aim to quality of the training work closely with employers to ensure provision is current, responsive and enables Rate the benefits of training/ their apprentices to make a significant contribution to the success of their business assessment to their organisations – their success is our success.” 8.6 Professionalism of staff Employer Views All Fleet Services in Gloucester engaged with the College to develop an ambitious programme for business administration 8.4 Overall efficiency apprentices. Delivers training that reflects up-to-date practices “Our new Apprenticeship Academy represents a step change within each industry/sector for us. We have completely redesigned our apprenticeship package [with Gloucestershire College], to make it the best Each point rated 0-10, 0 = very poor, 10 = excellent that it possibly can be.” Dave Scobie, All Fleet Services *Skills Funding Agency (SFA) Employer Satisfaction “Superdry are delighted to begin a new collaboration with our Survey. chosen provider, Gloucestershire College. It’s a really exciting opportunity for us to recruit, develop and retain future talent for our business as we grow. It also helps us in our pledge to keep leading edge fashion in Cheltenham, the home of Superdry. We have a unique creativity across our organisation, along with inspirational designs and a passion for being ‘best in class’ in everything we do. We look forward to welcoming future apprentices into the Superdry family later this year.” Superdry’s Learning and Development Manager, Jez Light

6 GC Annual Review 15/16 Supporting our Community Supporting regeneration across the county Providing tailored support to raise ambitions GC works to support all its students to succeed and was delighted to be part of a successful partnership with Milestone School, and in the Finished at School Programme, run from 2013 to 2015 by national charity Ambitious about Autism, to help improve support for students with autism as they move into college. Sponsored by the Department for Education, the programme was developed because fewer than one in four young people with autism go on to FE after school and only 15% of adults with autism are in full-time employment.

GC is committed to supporting the development of Gloucestershire through the spearheading of regeneration. We are delighted that the repositioning of our campuses in Gloucester and Cheltenham combined the opportunity to replace outdated buildings with modern facilities and help drive forward regeneration in areas which had suffered from lack of investment.

We are working with our partners at the Forest of Dean District Council, GFirst LEP, Gloucestershire County Council and the Homes and Community Agency to take forward a similar strategy for the Forest of Dean as part of the Cinderford The programme enabled the young people to attend their local Northern Quarter Development, which will bring £100m of college, learn new skills, take part in their community and prepare investment to an area of deprivation. for adulthood – just like other young people do.

The proposed campus will include a professional and technical The success of the project was marked by a visit from the Minister college, mapped to the needs of Forest of Dean employers, and for Disabled People, Mark Harper MP, who met staff and a sixth form centre, planned to be jointly run with the Ofsted-rated students who took part in the Finished at School Programme and “outstanding” Forest school, Dene Magna. heard how GC had spent two years working to ensure it became one of the leading organisations in the country for students with Working with business to widen horizons autism.

Joe Baldwin, Head of Learning Support and SEND Transition, said: “We took part in the programme because we believe young people with autism have the right to an education beyond school. We’re really proud of how everyone involved worked together to transform the experience students with autism have when they go to college. We’ve found that our students have really benefitted from the programme and are sure this will improve their chances of getting a job or going to university.”

The success of the project led to the development of a guide with case studies, which has been distributed nationally and received positive feedback from students and parents:

GC teamed up with GE Aviation Cheltenham in July 2015 “The transition support my son has been given by the college has to host Girls Get Set, an event aimed at getting girls into been superb and helped to relieve his anxiety.” Parent engineering. Almost 200 school students from Gloucestershire and beyond, aged between 14 and 18, plus accompanying teachers, participated in a range of activities designed to get them The project was shortlisted for the interested in science, engineering and technology. 2016 TES FE Award for Support for Learners. Volunteers from GE Aviation Cheltenham and college students supported separate activities grouped by year including using robots to compete in challenges.

GC Annual Review 15/16 7 Students Supporting our Community GC is committed to playing an active part in its community, and • Art and Design students joined forces with Gloucester City ensuring that our students do too – bringing additional breadth Council to launch a brand new Art in the Park project to to their qualifications, developing them as citizens and enabling celebrate art in the city and give aspiring artists a platform from them to enjoy the sense of satisfaction you get from making a real which to promote themselves. positive difference to the lives of the individuals who make up our • Bricklaying students restored a wall at the historic St Mary diverse world. de Crypt Church after learning traditional stone working skills College students raised almost £10,000 especially for the unique project, funded by the Southgate St Townscape Heritage Initiative. in 2015: • 500 National Citizenship Scheme students supported a wide range of community projects including Cheltenham Open : Help for Heroes £992 Door for the homeless and vulnerable where they undertook a deep clean of the building. : Pied Piper Appeal £2,033 • Independent Living Students catered for a number of community events across the county including See the Ability, : Macmillan Cancer Support not the Disability seminar at Blackfriars, which aimed to lift £1,299 barriers which prevent disabled people gaining employment. • Beauty students gave free treatments and company to : Other Charities £5,480 residents at Charter Court Care Home.

Making a difference to projects across Gloucestershire and the UK.

Close up on an inspiring project GC’s ambitious Level 3 Music students, Blacklisted Promotions, won a grant from Make Music Gloucestershire, the County’s music hub to support and develop music provision, to run a Our students understand that time is also a key contribution they workshop and gig to educate, inspire and expand Year 10 can make. students’ learning opportunities – entitled ‘Unchained’.

Every project the students take on involves planning, As part of their final major project, the 10 students wrote co-ordination, team work, presenting, consideration of impact and the bid for funding and planned and organised the event, to reflection, as well as the opportunity to showcase the professional enlighten young people about practical music education; help skills they are learning, so it is a really important part of the them discover their inner potential; network with other budding GC learning experience. Projects are identified by students or musicians; and enjoy a varied gig in the evening. requests from charities and organisations within the county. 18-year-old Music student, Jack Parry from Cheltenham, said: “This experience has helped me develop skills such as prioritising, Just a few of the varied and inspiring projects students supported time management and interpersonal skills. I feel lucky to have this year include: been part of this and thoroughly enjoyed the process.” • Construction students built a human sundial as part of the Comenius project, SARAH (Science ARound us Along History), Course Leader for Music Technology, Lee Holder, said: “It is which promotes sciences and exchanges between nine partner always exciting when students take the lead and go above schools across Europe. and beyond what they are expected to do, since these skills • Performing Arts students and Catering and Hospitality students of entrepreneurial thinking, ambition and showing initiative are raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support with a Murder exactly what is needed to survive in the music industry.” Mystery Dinner. • The Get Creative group worked in partnership with The Furniture Recycling Project in Gloucester to upcycle donated furniture.

8 GC Annual Review 15/16 Case Study Working Benjamin Daffurn in Partnership from Stonehouse. GC is committed to working in partnership to deliver what the county needs.

Partnerships to support progression to high level skills To allow our students to have the best possible skills development opportunities, GC has developed pathways across a range of professional disciplines up to university level. Some of the pathways are entirely delivered by GC, while some give the option of completing the qualification at a university. We currently work in partnership with three carefully selected universities: Birmingham City, Gloucestershire and the University of West of England, to give us the breadth to match the needs of the county.

Partnerships to produce work ready students Catering for For more than 10 years our catering and hospitality students Course: GC Level 3 BTEC have won their own Gold Cup supporting Cheltenham’s Diploma in Electrical and Electronic flagship racing festival during the world famousRace Week Engineering in March. In 2015 140 students took part; some even Progression: Taken on as an working alongside acclaimed chefs Michel Roux and Michel apprentice by GE Aviation and Roux Jnr. continued to higher apprentice level

Student James Bartlett, 18 from Stoke Orchard, who is Outcome: Graduated with a first studying a Level 3 catering course said: "I found it quite class honours degree in engineering inspirational to listen to Albert Roux. Hearing him today at UWE and is now a Power definitely made getting to the top in this industry seem Hardware Engineer at GE Aviation. achievable.”

Chelsea Brasserie - New Partnership Our commitment to supporting GC is delighted to have an agreement to work in partnership progression for our students, with Chelsea Bar and Brasserie in Cheltenham. This with the opportunity to study exciting collaboration enables our students to hone their closer to home, led to the cooking and service skills in a commercial environment, development of the Strategic whilst showcasing their talents to the public and local Alliance, a partnership between employers. This partnership provides all full-time catering the University of Gloucestershire, and hospitality students with a five-week work experience South Gloucestershire and Stroud placement, both in the kitchen and front of house, as a key College (SGS) and Gloucestershire part of their professional development. College, through which a ten year Memorandum of Understanding Sammy Badat, Brasserie Group Manager, said: was signed in 2013. This has led to “Gloucestershire College’s students already had a good an increase of almost 50% in the knowledge of the kitchen and front of house when they number of GC students progressing joined Chelsea Bar and Brasserie, but they have all progressed greatly over the past five to the University of Gloucestershire weeks. I would definitely consider hiring a few of them in the future!” (based on enrolments 2012/13 to 2015/16). The Francesco Group – New Partnership The GC Hair and Beauty team has joined forces with the Francesco Group for Education and Training to open the first city centre training salon in the South West.

Graduations at no.9, on Northgate Street, Gloucester, is open six days a week, including Saturdays, and bridges the gap between education and employment. A range of hair and beauty treatments are expertly delivered by full-time Level 2 and 3 hair and beauty students at the College, guided by an experienced team of teaching staff.

The Francesco Group for Education and Training has over 20 years of experience and works with 20 other colleges to supply real training for real jobs. The true working environment with structure, opening hours, revenue, customer service, client retention and financial targets means that students are able to learn about all aspects of the hairdressing industry from the very start of their training.

Maria Vallender, Salon Manager, said: “The students need a real insight into the hair and beauty industry and this is what we promise to provide at Gloucestershire College.”

GC Annual Review 15/16 9 Staff Equipped to Support Success We are proud of the success and achievements of our students, supported by our highly qualified and skilled staff who are passionate about helping them achieve their potential.

Our well qualified teaching staff maintain their up-to-date industry knowledge and occupational competency through regular placements with local companies, and are active members of industry professional bodies such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

As a training organisation we make sure our staff keep up-to-date with best practice by investing in staff training of, on average, more than 50 hours per year professional development. Our commitment to staff development was recognised by an Investors in People Gold Award. Staff Profiles

Hameed Okyere – Deputy Head of Anna Bellamy – Maths Lecturer Nosa Obayiuwana - Arts and Media Engineering Lecturer Highly Qualified Highly Qualified • BSc (Hons) Physics Highly Qualified • PhD in Engineering and Electronic Engineering • BSc (Hons) Social Sciences Post Graduate • MA in Film Making • Power Systems Researcher and Visiting Certificate in Education • Currently completing PhD in Film Lecturer • Post Graduate Certificate in Education Industry Expertise Industry Expertise Anna is leading GC’s research in a project with • Production Manager for Red Shakespeare Industry Expertise the University of Gloucestershire on Ltd • Electrical Design Engineer at Kone PLC for supporting students to achieve in maths; an five years initiative which could impact nationally on • Awarded the Certificate of Supporting improving student performance in maths. Engineering Higher Apprenticeships Leading to Graduate Engineer Status by GE Aviation in 2015

Per Simonsen - Sarah Walters - Health and Craig Bloxsome - Construction Sarah Perryman – Head of Sixth Accounting Lecturer Social Care Lecturer Technical Lecturer Form

Highly Qualified Highly Qualified Highly Qualified Highly Qualified • Batchelor’s Degree in Commerce • BSc Specialist Pratice Nursing • Chartered Construction Manager • Postgraduate degree in Biology • Fellow Chartered Management Diploma Post Compulsory MCIOB • BSc (Hons) in Biology Accountancy Education Teaching • National Diploma in Building • MBA General Manager Studies Industry Expertise Industry Expertise • HND in Construction • More than 20 years’ teaching Industry Expertise • Twelve years’ experience in roles • BSc (Hons) in Construction experience in colleges and school • Chief Accountant for Netto at Gloucestershire Hospital Management sixth forms (comprehensive and Foodstores Ltd • Staff Nurse grammar) • Financial Controller for Bodum • Phlebotomist Industry Expertise (UK) Ltd • Assistant Quantity Surveyor for • Financial Controller Linde Retail Interclass PLC and Refrigeration • Project Manager for a • Group Finance Director TDG Gloucestershire based modular Operations Ltd construction company

10 GC Annual Review 15/16 Governors Leadership GC Governors are drawn from the local community and contribute business, community and education expertise to meet the needs of Gloucestershire. Team Graham Ripley, Chair – Former Head of Customer Concerns, C&G

McClaine Beirne, Student Governor – HND Computing

Andy Berry – Former IT Specialist, Disability Access Expert

Jeff Brinley – Finance Director, Zurich Personal Line and Endsleigh

Matthew Burgess – Principal and Chief Executive, Gloucestershire College

Trish Burton – Former Vice Principal, North East Worcestershire College

Gillian Hayes – Vice Chair – 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust; elected Public Governor for Gloucester; Former Deputy Director Reviews, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Matthew Burgess, Principal Phil Head – Former Head of Capital Builds, Skills Funding Agency

Stephen Marston – Vice Chancellor, University of Gloucestershire “As a member of the GC Board, I can help join up the work of the College and the University. By working together, we can better serve the people of Gloucestershire, offering opportunities for education and training at every level, with clear opportunities for progression so that people can gain the skills and qualifications they need to succeed.”

Joe Rigelsford – Staff Governor, Information Officer Keith Rog – Vice Chair – Former Head of Marketing and Development, GFirst LEP Sue Steed, Vice Principal, Students Alan Rutter - Student Governor - Access to Higher Education

Polly Schreuder – Chartered Surveyor and Partner, Ash & Co

Geoff Smith – Former Chief Executive, Dowty Group

Anne Williams – Finance Partner, Bruton Knowles “Educational opportunities are key to people’s lives and to the success of a civilised society, and I have been pleased to make a contribution to that through my roles as vice chair of the board and chair of a number of key committees.” Peter White, Vice Principal Rebecca Wilson – Staff Governor, Teaching Improvement Manager Marketing, Recruitment and Customer Services

The Board is also supported by the following skilled Committee Members:

• Clive Baldwin • Gary Ridgway

• Cindy Bexfield • Helen Ridler

• Tony Dover • Cathy Taylor

• Pat Edwards • Mary James

• Sue Kingston • Caroline Mitchell-Sanders Andy Bates, Chief Financial Officer • Karen Randall • Nick Worthington Honorary Vice Presidents Dr Joy Kettyle, Vice Principal Curriculum and Quality • Dr PJ Crook MBE RWA MAFA • Peter Ironmonger FRSA • Ian Mean • Sir Henry Elwes KCSO • John Pugh • John Howe • Dr Greg Smith • Graham Howell • Dick Stroud OBE Sharon Parkin, Group Director of HR and Corporate Services

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Royal Forest of Dean Campus Five Acres, Coleford, GL16 7JT

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