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After a successful career in the private sector for 20 years working in fast moving consumer goods, the logistics sector, Chambers of Commerce and the professional services sector, Michelle joined the Further Education sector in 2008. She has 15 years senior level experience in the sector working at nine Further Education Colleges including colleges located in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cambridge, before joining the Heart of Worcestershire College. Michelle is passionate about improving opportunities for others having experienced the benefits of post 16 education herself, which she admits changed the course of her own life. Michelle is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has studied leadership at both Loughborough and Oxford University. In her spare time, Michelle loves travelling, the theatre and spending time outdoors with her friends and family, especially if it is by the water. |
Previous Principals/CEOsStuart Laverick
His teaching career started in an 11-19 comprehensive in Derby in the mid-1980s. From there Stuart progressed onto Derby College and then the University. During this time Stuart was involved in consultancy and research in the areas of Marketing/Strategic Management. Missing Further Education, he returned to the sector as Assistant Principal at Rotherham College of Technology, and then as Vice Principal at East Durham College, before moving to Sunderland College as Deputy Principal/Deputy Chief Executive. Stuart is a member of the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership Board and Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. Stuart is the Chair of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) FE group and he Chairs ASCL’s Post16/FE Committee. He is a member of the Executive Board of ASCL. He is a proactive member of the Association of Colleges’ Technology Special Interest Group. He was instrumental in the formation of the Blended Learning Consortium (BLC), a group of more than one hundred Colleges, which HoW College leads. |
Born in London and raised in Milton Keynes, Michelle graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Business Administration. After graduating, Michelle settled in the West Midlands where she has lived for 30 years and fondly calls home.
Stuart became Chief Executive/Principal of Heart of Worcestershire (HoW) College on 1 August 2014, on its creation as a result of the merger of Worcester College of Technology with North East Worcestershire College. He was previously CEO/Principal of Worcester College of Technology.