Governance

My role in college is co-ordinating additional learning support for students following both FE and HE courses to ensure they are able to succeed. Working with a dedicated team we aim to ensure students receive appropriate support to achieve their full potential. We provide both personal support and curriculum support.

Prior to working at Selby College I worked in primary education both as a class teacher and as a head teacher. I worked closely with school governors on all aspects of leadership, management and governance

Waiting bio.

Claire Corneille is the Head of HR at Sheffield City Council, where she is responsible for the implementation of the Council’s people vision and strategies, through leading a range of strategic and operational HR services.

Prior to her role in the Council, Claire worked for over 20 years in the healthcare system. Initially working on the development and implementation a range of NHS Workforce policies, whilst working in the Department of Health and Social Care, and more recently in a range of HR roles, where she has developed and embedded HR Business Partnering, managed large scale organisational change and led a range of HR functions.

Claire is a values driven individual who is passionate about people, ensuring that they have a voice which is heard, and understood, and that everyone has an opportunity to be the best they can be.

Dmitry’s experience in the youth work sector has taken him throughout most of South and West Yorkshire. He works for The Youth Association – the UK’s oldest youth work charity with a proud history of developing some of the most innovative work in its field.

As Operations Director, Dmitry manages the organisation’s people and projects, including its community-based provision across seven local authority areas in Yorkshire. Dmitry is also responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships with the larger grant funds providers and local businesses.

Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and is recently retired as the Director of Finance at a local University.

Throughout his career Andrew has had a commitment to education, taking governance roles at schools, colleges and a university in the local area.

Andrew is also a Board member of the Education and Training Foundation which is responsible for workforce development in the FE sector (and chairs its Finance Committee); he is a Board member of Wakefield and District Housing Ltd (and chairs its Finance and Investment Committee); and he is a Board member of the Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (and chairs its Audit Committee).

Andrew was invited to become a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute in 2017 and he was awarded an OBE for services to accounting and the community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2015.

David followed his father, a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, into FE, starting as a part-time hourly paid lecturer in Travel and Tourism at Stafford College of Further Education in 1986.

He moved into senior management and then, via staff development, into teacher education in 2005 when he became a Lecturer in Teacher Education at Craven College.

David joined the University of Huddersfield as a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education in 2009 and until April 2020 was the Director of the Education and Training Consortium, an initial teacher education (ITE) partnership between the University of Huddersfield and over 20 FE colleges.

Martyn is the Executive Director of Technical Services at Wakefield District Housing and a Chartered Construction Manager. He is responsible for leading a large workforce across a full range of trades, ensuring his teams work within regulatory frameworks, such as those relating to Health and Safety, Gas, Electrical and those specific to the Housing sector. As part of the Executive Team, Martyn takes a lead on the Compliance and Assurance Committee, and is involved in business continuity, ensuring WDH is prepared for largescale, unforeseen events.

Prior to working at WDH, Martyn’s early career was in the energy industry which gave him extensive project and programme management experience.

He then went onto working in a national role as the Operations Director at Eon Property Services, as well as running his own local business for a period of time before joining WDH. As well as this, Martyn has also undertaken voluntary roles, as a Magistrate and as Director of the Gas Industry Safety Group.

Throughout his career, Martyn has had a passion for developing people and their skills, as demonstrated by his commitment to supporting apprentices working within the trades to complete their training and progress their careers. Martyn has also been involved in a project to encourage more females to consider working within the trades to break down gender stereotypes and to promote diversity within the workforce.

Vijay has worked in a variety of educational settings and joins us with experience of the HE sector. As a lecturer of Applied Mathematics, she provides support to students within the STEM subjects at university but also takes part in the Royal Institute’s programme of Masterclasses which aims to encourage school pupils to study mathematics.

Initially, after completing her PhD, Vijay settled into providing Maths Support at a leading university in Yorkshire, here she was able to provide support to students from non-traditional backgrounds. Her commitment to providing the best educational experience possible motivated her to undertake a MA Maths Education and has allowed her to remain abreast of current issues in teaching and lecturing.

She enjoys several activities which include cooking, travelling and horticulture.

Sam’s vision for the College is to be an outstanding institution that serves the needs of all of Wakefield’s communities and is leading the development of strong partnerships to meet these needs, and to provide excellent lifelong learning opportunities for young people, adults and employers alike.

Having worked in the further education sector for more than twenty years, Sam was delighted to become Principal of Wakefield College in March 2011.

She feels that Wakefield College is a very special college, committed to ‘transforming lives through learning’ and is passionate about the College’s values, where the learner is very much at the heart of everything it does.