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HR Reference Group
Aim of the Group
The primary aim of this group is to build and maintain a community of HR professionals in AoC member colleges to facilitate the sharing of ideas and solutions to human resource management issues and challenges.
The group acts as conduit to seek and disseminate information, advice and guidance on workforce issues specific to the Further Education sector, including employment law, industrial relations and education policy matters and will facilitate two-way communication between AoC and its members.
The group will proactively identify strategic human resource management issues for colleges to stimulate debate and provide leadership on HR practice in the sector.
Members:
* Regional HR Network Chair
East
Beverley Mahoney, Director of People and Organisation Development - Chelmsford College
Hilary Bright*, Director of HR Services - City College Norwich
Laura Kerry, Director of HR - Cambridge Regional College
Sally Appleby, Executive Director of HR Services - Harlow College
Vicki Ellis, Head of HR - North Hertfordshire College
East Midlands
Emma Kilby-Brooks, Director of HR - Loughborough College
Jan Hutt*, Vice Principal -People and Organisational Development - Northampton College
London
Janet Curtis-Broni*, Group Chief People Officer - London & South East Colleges
Julia Gilbert, Executive Director - People - City Lit
North East
Naomi Robson*, Vice Principal Resources - Education Partnership North East
North West
Gill Thornton*, Head of Human Resources - Preston College
Joanne Baylis, Head of HR - Tameside College
Naomi Harrop, Director of HR and Performance - Trafford College Group
South East
Michiela Blake*, Director of People - The City of Portsmouth College
Cheryl Blackley,Head of HR People and Culture - Isle of Wight College
South West
Kelly Gillet, Director of People and Organisational Culture - South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS)
Sheena Murphy-Collett*, Vice Principal of People, Organisational Development and Engagement - Petroc
West Midlands
Donna Lucas*, Group Vice Principal Human Resource and Professional Development - Shrewsbury Colleges Group
Karen O’Reilly, Assistant Principal – Human Resources - South Staffordshire College
Victoria Lynn-Robinson, Higher Education Development Manager - Walsall College
Yorkshire & Humber
Karen Sykes*, Executive Director of People - Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (Wakefield College)
Sol Miah, Governor - The Sheffield College
Upcoming meeting dates:
- Wednesday 6 March 2024: 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. - online
- Wednesday 19 June 2024: 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. - TBC
Previous meeting dates:
- Wednesday 13 December 2023
- Wednesday 11 October 2023
- Tuesday 11 July 2023
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