3077/26/08/03/KI
Date of issue: Wednesday 3 September 2003
Jane Williams, Director of Teaching and Learning and head of the new Post-16 Standards Unit at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), is set to receive an Honorary Degree from the University of Wolverhampton.
The conferment, from the University’s School of Education, takes places at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Saturday September 6 at 10.30am.
Jane is responsible for the delivery of two key themes in the Government’s Success for All Strategy - improving teaching and learning and workforce reform and development.
A former pupil of the Wolverhampton Girls’ High School and the Wolverhampton Grammar School, Jane returned to the City as Principal of Wulfrun College in 1996 and became Principal and Chief Executive of the City of Wolverhampton College in 1999. She has over 20 years’ experience in Further Education, embracing such interests as basic skills, open learning, professional development and regeneration.
In Wolverhampton, Jane chaired the Local Strategic Partnership and Focus Housing Association and contributed to many local collaborative developments. Music is her main recreation and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
The award of Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education is conferred in recognition of Jane’s considerable contribution towards Further Education in the West Midlands.
ENDS