David Powell

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. From May 2022 to September 2024, David was the course leader for the University of Huddersfield's Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, its ITE programme for the university's new teachers.

David is chair of the Board's Curriculum and Quality Committee.