Dick Palmer Email & Phone Number

Norwich, GB

It’s like going home! Returning to the Board of this OFSTED rating Outstanding independent training provider (having Chaired its start-up phase). Great to be part of the team again and looking forward to seeing this high quality training provider grow and thrive.

London Area, United Kingdom

Chair of the City and Guilds Foundation, part of the City and Guilds Group. Leading on: measuring the social impact of skills initiatives; the Princess Royal Training Awards (PRTAs); providing bursaries and grants to individuals and organisations; convener of Commissions - such as the current commission working with offenders and the prison sector

I have known City and Guilds for a long time, in particular as a customer and as a senior leader in FE, used many of their qualifications with my students. I became a member of the Qualifications and Standards Committee where I worked for 6 years. In 2018 I became an Honorary Member of the City and Guilds of London Institute and also a member of the.

Gen2 is an vocational training provider which was established in 2000 and specialises in the Engineering, Nuclear, and Manufacturing sectors. In May 2017 Gen2 joined City & Guilds.Gen2 currently operates from 5 training centres across Cumbria and has over 150 employees, the vast majority of which are direct delivery staff.

Chair of B11 Education services, a boutique consultancy company providing schools (and increasingly more diverse education and skills markets) in the improvement of their quality and quality assurances processes and systems to help institutions improve and develop. A key component part of these services is the preparation for external regulatory bodies’.

Supporting the Board of T-Cup who are an innovative data science company providing well-being products and services to businesses large and small and to the education and skills sector. The T-Cup technology is smart and accessible, and supports both individuals and leaders to promote better wellbeing in their organisations - in the case of those in the.

Took on a six month contract to establish role of Chair for a new independent training provider. Developed good governance practices, particularly in respect of government funded learning programmes. Created and Chaired the Quality and Standards sub-committee of the Board, putting in place a range of quality assurance and quality improvement systems..

Norwich, United Kingdom

The TEN Group comprised of City College Norwich, Paston College, City Academy Norwich, Wayland Academy Norfolk, Norfolk University Technical College, Fakenham Academy Norfolk, Attleborough Academy Norfolk, Wayland Junior Academy Watton, Norfolk Teacher Training Centre and Norfolk Educational Services. It is a Federation of educational partners dedicated to.

As Principal and CEO of City College Norwich, I ran an organisation with over 1,000 staff and around 14,000 students. We have a turnover in excess of £40 million per annum. We are part of seven National Skills Academies: one in Financial Services, another in Manufacturing, one in Creative and Cultural Industries, another in Hospitality, a further one in.

Norfolk

Norfolk Academies is a multi-academy trust with Wayland Academy Norfolk, Fakenham Academy Norfolk and Attleborough Academy Norfolk being the three senior academies within the trust. Wayland Junior Academy Watton became our first primary academy in April 2014..

Norwich

Norfolk Educatonal Services is a Shared Services Company providing a range of services to the educational establishments within the TEN Group with over 300 employees and £8m turnover.

United Kingdom

Gazelle Global Ltd is a new company set up by five founding colleges - City College Norwich, North Herts College, Gateshead College, New College Nottingham and Warwickshire College - to support the development of entrepreneurship in the Further education sector. It works with an exciting and innovative mix of private and public sector companies, partners.

Deputised for Dame Ruth Silver; ran the college at operational level. Managed relationships with OFSTED and other external stakeholders

Set up National ICT Unit which then transformed into National E-Learning Unit. Founded e-Learning Foundation and Learndirect. Contributor to COVE policy development

Post Graduate Certificate In Education, Education

B Sc Econ, Economics

Economics - keynesian and others, social studies

A Levels, English, History And Economics

13 O Levels 3 A levels 1 Special