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John Stone, Former Chief Executive, LSN.
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Prior to joining LSN, John was Principal of Ealing, Hammersmith and
West London College – one of the UK"s largest colleges formed as
a result of a successful merger in 2002. John’s career previously took
him to Merton Technical College; Kilburn Polytechnic; Kingston College
of Further Education; Bournemouth and Poole College; and Swindon College
where he was Vice-Principal.
Derek Hooper, Consultant on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Derek has 25 years experience as a consultant on equality and diversity,
and has also been a senior manager in adult education. He’s worked in
different organisations in the private and public sector in UK and India.
At the moment he is adviser to Sangama, a human rights NGO in Bangalore.
One of his current projects is with West Thames College where he is
leading a skills-based programme on Equality and Diversity for senior
managers and each of the curriculum and business services teams. This
programme has a second strand called ‘Creative Excellence’ which takes
the college values and ‘ways of working’, and brings them alive by linking
them directly into day to day management practice.
He is consultant to five further education colleges at the moment. Derek
has been until recently the Inclusive Design Advisor at CABE – the Commission
for Architecture and the Built Environment.
Maxine Room, Principal, Lewisham College
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Maxine Room is the Principal at Lewisham College, a large urban college
based in South East London. With over 14,000 students, Beacon Status
and a grade of Ofsted Outstanding; the college is committed to achieving
its mission of “Creating Successful Futures”.
Prior to joining Lewisham College Maxine Room was Principal and Chief
Executive of Park Lane College Leeds, the largest further education
college in Leeds. Following its merger with Keighley College in August
2007, the college grew to over 38,000 students. She was instrumental
in facilitating the merger of three Leeds colleges which subsequently
became Leeds City College. Before joining Park Lane College, Maxine
was Principal and Chief Executive of Swansea College, a post she held
for four and half years moving the college from good to great, improving
both its quality profile and its financial one.
Maxine has always worked in further education. She was the first black
principal to be appointed to a general further education college in
London, was the second black woman Principal to be appointed in the
UK and the first in Wales. Maxine is passionate about education, training
and skills and has a variety of qualifications in education and management.
Her career started in teaching at Bridgwater College, Somerset and progressed
to management roles there and at Filton College, Bristol, before taking
up the post in Swansea.
Maxine is a member of the 157 Group, Chair of the London Capital Colleges’
Group, the AoC Skills Strategy Group, the Network for Black Professionals
and is a mentor for the Black Leaders’ initiative. She is also a member
of a range of boards and committees linked to education, skills and
training in London, Leeds and in other parts of the UK including the
Northern Ballet Board, Helena Kennedy Foundation, Women’s Leadership
Network, a governor of the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
and has just recently been appointed as a governor of London Southbank
University.
Sunaina Mann, Principal, NESCOT
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Sunaina’s background has been primarily in teaching for most of her
working career.
Sunaina achieved her ambition and became the first Female Asian Principal
in the UK in September 2005 when she was appointed to the post of Principal
at North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot).
The college had been previously inspected in November 2004 and was judged
to be inadequate, with college performance below satisfactory in all
areas.
On taking up post, Sunaina embarked on a significant programme, addressed
through the ‘Journey 2 Outstanding’ (J2O) change strategy that she introduced
and implemented. This aimed to modernise, improve and develop Nescot,
with quality, teaching and learning at the centre of the college’s priorities.
The college was re-inspected in December 2006. The overall assessment
was that the achievements and standards of the college were good, with
leadership and management achieving a Grade 2; as are five of the nine
curriculum areas inspected. This was a vast improvement overall.
The most recent Ofsted inspection took place in October 2010 when Nescot
was judged outstanding for Leadership and Management, Capacity to Improve,
Care and Support for Students, Tutorials, Enrichment, Safeguarding and
Financial Management. Ofsted noted that Sunaina ‘has provided inspirational
leadership which has changed the culture of the college, ensuring that
all staff take responsibility for improving the quality of the experience
for students’.
Sunaina has been an active member of the Network for Black Professionals,
since inception in 1997. In June 2005, Sunaina was invited by the Department
for Education and Skills to become a member of the Advisory Group for
race issues in the learning and skills sector workforce. She is also
a members of the Lloyds TSB Inspirational Women’s Network, the Women
Leaders Network.
Sunaina has passed the Principals’ Qualifying Programme, and is a member
of the PQP Advisory Group.
Sally Hooton, Project Manager, Women's Leadership Network and Executive Partner / Education Consultant specialising in international and organisational development.
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Over the last few years, Sally has been recruited to interim senior
management roles to cover a vacancy or contribute to a strategic vision
or to develop a particular initiative, where the focus has been culture
change, leadership and organisational & international development.
Latterly, her overseas travel has focussed on creating business development
opportunities for UK colleges in Nigeria, SE Asia, Malta and Syria.
Long, long ago Sally taught languages in London following her undergraduate
studies in France. She then moved to the USA and developed her management
career track; firstly in personnel & training and subsequently as Executive
Director of a state-wide educational organisation in Rhode Island. On
her return to the UK, some years later, Sally completed her Masters
Degree (MA) at Sussex University and stayed on to run its Marketing
Unit – to develop and promote academic and corporate links.
At this point, Sally established an independent consultancy business
to design marketing & management solutions and to offer coaching
and facilitation to both public and private sector clients. Sally has
engaged with all aspects of education: universities, colleges, schools,
as well as local & central government departments. Her commercial contracts
have included such clients as Transport for London; financial institutions;
research scientists; architects, designers and landscape planners; telecom's
and power companies. Her voice and presentation skills workshops are
always in demand!
An Associate of LSN, Sally taught on their MBA & Management Development
Programmes, and is currently involved in some of their research and
training projects. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
(MCIM) and The Association of Coaching. A lifelong learner, she has
recently graduated from the University of Manchester with a Postgraduate
Certificate in Process Consultancy.
Dr Christine Rose, Equality and Diversity Consultant
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Christine Rose is a well established and highly respected consultant
and trainer. Nationally recognised as an expert in equality and diversity
(E&D), she specialises in supporting organisations in the learning and
skills sector to improve E&D practice. She works closely with organisations
such as the AoC, LSIS, Ofsted, LSN, Skill, NIACE, ACER and the Equality
and Human Rights Commission.
She is the author of a range of national guidance publications, briefings
and toolkits. For example, she has produced national guidance on disability
disclosure and consent, and on carrying out risk assessments with disabled
learners. She is one of the main authors of guidance for the education
sector, written on behalf of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC),
and launched by the DRC in August 2007. She has produced, on behalf
of LSIS, guidance for governors on equality and diversity, and is in
the process of producing a briefing on the Equality Act 2010. She has
carried out research on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
on best practice in meeting public sector duties
She is a regular platform speaker and workshop leader for national,
regional and local conferences and training events. A former Senior
Manager, she has worked extensively within the education and training
sector and has a proven track record in strategic planning, leadership,
change management, performance reporting and quality improvement.
Fintan Donohue, Principal and Chief Executive, North Hertfordshire College
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Fintan Donohue is principal of North Hertfordshire College. North Hertfordshire College has just opened a new vocational skills centre for engineering and construction industries. A new campus for Creative and Cultural Sports and Health sector is planned for 2011. In his role as AoC Skills Champion for Creative and Cultural Industries Fintan has built strong and profitable links with industry and Sector Skills Councils. He has won awards for community empowerment and has worked with the Centre of Excellence in Leadership to break new ground in the personalisation of leadership.
Fintan was deputy principal at Barnfield College in the period when the college achieved Beacon status and secured six Centres of Vocational Excellence. A strong focus on standards and a drive for quality improvement is at the core of his approach to organisation development. He believes that colleges will be pivotal to the recovery of the UK economy and expects a progressive and dynamic LSIS to develop the new strategies that will make a difference.
He has worked extensively in the private sector and has a reputation for innovation and enterprise.
Rajinder Mann, Executive Director, Black Leadership Initiative®, Network for Black Professionals
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Rajinder Mann pioneered, and is Executive Director of, the award winning
Black Leadership Initiative®, which has become the training and development
service of the Network for Black Professionals (NBP). Working with key
stakeholders such as OFSTED, the LSC and the DIUS the BLI provides mentoring,
coaching support, secondment and work shadowing opportunities for aspiring
Black and Minority Ethnic staff. In 2005 the BLI® was winner of the
British Diversity Awards for Education (Gold Standard) and has successfully
delivered programmes in other public sectors
Short listed for the Asian Women Achievement Awards in 2008, Rajinder
has over twenty five years experience in adult, youth and community
education. She was Director of Community Education at Bilston Community
College then moved on to developing Lifelong Learning at the London
Borough of Richmond upon Thames. She has worked in policy development
at NIACE, Birmingham City Council and Wolverhampton Borough Council
and the Race Relations Council.
She holds a Master of Social Sciences Degree in Race and Education as
well as a Bachelor of Education from Birmingham University. The area
of expertise in her Masters provides her with the theoretical knowledge
for understanding race equality issues particularly in education field.
She is passionately committed to the principles of social inclusion,
community cohesion and empowering people through education and training
in order to augment economic and social regeneration.
She has a track record in promoting race equality in the sector and
her commitment to equalities and promoting social justice is demonstrated
through her voluntary roles; as former Vice Chair of the Commission
for Black Staff in FE, former Chair and founding member of the Network
of Black Managers; and a member of the DfES Stakeholders committee,
Equality and Diversity committee for the University for Industry. Current
roles include serving on the Association of College Managers’, General
Teaching Council, Women Organising Wolverhampton and the Commission
on Public Services 2020. She is also a member of the Institute of Leadership
and Management and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Other roles
include seva (service) in community activities through her local Gurdawara
.