IfL Advisory Council Member Representatives: Biographies

IfL Advisory Council Member Representatives: Biographies

IfL's first Advisory Council has been in post since January 2010. Forty-two representatives on the Advisory Council are Member Representatives which means members are involved in the strategic running of their professional body.

The 42 Member Representative seats include:

• Five reserved for equality and diversity
• Six reserved for members from different parts of the sector
• Nine reserved for regional representation

Advisory Council members can be contacted through the governance team at companysecretary@ifl.ac.uk.

Meet your IfL Advisory Council Member Representatives

Below are details of some member representatives on the Advisory Council and their election statements: 

Tony Armstrong
Membership Grade: Fellow Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Lecturer/SL in PCET
Reserved Seats: West Midlands

 

Stella Austin
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Senior Academy Tutor
Reserved Seat: Work-based Learning

 

 

Dave Bains
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership:5 years
Current Position: Lecturer
Reserved Seats: FE Colleges/North East England

 

Sue Banting
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership:3 years 10 months
Current Position: Curriculum Team Leader, Teacher Training
Reserved Seats: None

Marianne Beamish
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Senior Lecturer
Reserved Seats: Disability/FE Colleges

Nigel Beckford
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Lecturer
Reserved Seats: FE Colleges/Work-based Learning/South East England

 

Mary Bennett
Membership Grade: Fellow Member Months
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Head of Learning
Reserved Seat: Disability

 

Debbie Betteridge
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Director
Reserved Seat: None

 

 

Govind Bjaradia
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Programme Area Manager
Reserved Seats: Black and ethnic minority/Age/FE Colleges/Adult and Community Learning/Sixth Form Colleges/Greater London

 

Anne Brookes
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Head of Scientific and Technical Training
Reserved Seat: Work-based Learning

 

Sue Broster
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership:5 years
Current Position: Staff Development Officer
Reserved Seat: Work-based Learning

 

Rosie Brown
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years 3 months
Current Position: Course Manager for Teacher Training, Tutor
Reserved Seat: None

 

David Carpenter
Membership Grade: MIFL
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Lecturer in Computing
Reserved Seat: North West England

 

April Carrol
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Director of Curriculum
Reserved Seat: FE Colleges

 

 

Dick Cervantes
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Advanced Practitioner, Course Manager, Cert.Ed.
Reserved Seats: FE Colleges/South East England

 

 

John Chorley
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 3 years and 11 months
Current Position:Senior Lecturer & Admissions Tutor in Post-Compulsory Ed.
Reserved Seat :Member representative

 

 

Sue Crowley (Chair)
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 8 years and 8 months
Current Position: Retired - Self-employed
Reserved Seats: Greater London

 

 

Lisette D'Cruz
Membership Grade: Full Member

Length of IfL Membership: 3 years
Current Position: Lecturer
Reserved Seats: Black and ethnic minority/FE Colleges/Greater London

 

 

Douglas Dummett
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 10 years
Current Position: MoD Course Designer (IT)
Reserved Seats: Age/Ministry of Defence/West Midlands

 

Stuart Emmerson
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Maths and Physics Teacher
Reserved Seat: None

 

Karen Gray
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 2 Years 1 Month
Current Position: Course Leader & Lecturer
Reserved Seats: Work-based Learning/Adult and Community Learning/South East England

 

The Hon John Stewart Grocott
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years and 9 months
Current Position: Industrial Specialist Lecturer Plumbing and Gas
Reserved Seat: None

 

Ms Beatrix E Groves (IfL President)
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Part Time Tutor
Reserved Seats: Gender/North East England

 

Kathryn Gundle
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: NVQ Co-ordinator
Reserved Seat: East of England

 

 

Rania Hafez
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership:8 years 8 months
Current Position: Director of Post Compulsory Education & Training
Reserved Seat: Member representative

 

 

Jan Hanson
Membership Grade: MIfL QTLS
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Regional Skills for Life Manager
Reserved Seat: Member representative - East of England

 

Wendy Henwood
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years and four months
Current Position: Freelance
Reserved Seat: None

 

Phil Hodgkinson
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Full Time Tutor
Reserved Seat: FE Colleges/Yorkshire and the Humber

 

 

Melanie Jones
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Systems Trainer
Reserved Seat: Work-based Learning

 

 

Paula Jones
Membership grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership: 8 years and 8 months
Current Position: Deputy Chief Executive
Reserved Seat: None

 

Fiona Joy
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 5 years
Current Position: Key Skills Coordinator/Equality & Diversity Advisor
Reserved Seats: Age/Gender/Work-based Learning/Yorkshire and the Humber

 

Steve Lane
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership: 2 years and 3 months
Current Position: Warrant Officer Class 1 HMS Collingwood (08 – current)
Reserved Seat: None

 

 

Zaeem Mohammad Zaman
Membership Grade: MIfL
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Lecturer
Reserved Seat: Age/North West England

 

 

Charlotte Nancarrow
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership:3 years 9 months
Current Position: Consultant / Trainer–Assessor
Reserved Seat: None

 

 

Rosalind Pearson
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 10 years
Current Position: Head of Education & Training
Reserved Seat: None

 

Penny Petch
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership:3 years 11 months
Current Position: Head of Teaching + Learning Development
Reserved Seat: None

 

Sarah Louise Pigott Membership Grade: Associate
Length of IfL Membership: 3 years
Current Position: Learning & Development Co-ordinator
Reserved Seats: Disability/Work-based Learning/North West England

 

 

Sue Rhodes
Membership Grade: Member QTLS
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Development Manager CPD
Reserved Seat: FE Colleges

 

Ed Sallis
Membership Grade: Fellow
Length of IfL Membership: 9 years
Current Position: Principal & Visiting Professor
Reserved Seats: Age/FE Colleges/Adult and Community Learning

 

Margot Skelton
Membership Grade: Full Member
Length of IfL Membership: 4 years
Current Position: Programme Leader/Lecturer
Reserved Seats: FE Colleges/Work-based Learning/Adult and Community Learning/North East England

 
 

Lynda Snowden
Membership Grade: Member
Length of IfL Membership:3 years 4 months
Current Position: Teacher Educator
Reserved Seat: None