Ufi Board
Jane Williams
Jane Williams joined Becta in April 2007 as Executive Director for Further Education, Skills and Regeneration. Previously she was Director of Improvement in the Further Education System in the Department for Education and Skills where she led on strategic policy for quality improvement, inspection, e-learning, workforce, leadership, teaching and learning, personalisation and the quality of Skills for Life. Jane also set up the Standards Unit and the Success for All Strategy and jointly led the development of the White Paper “Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances”. She was the sponsor Director for the Quality Improvement Agency, the Adult Learning Inspectorate, the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, Lifelong Learning UK , and the Basic Skills Agency.
Jane has over 25 years experience in Further Education, embracing such interests as professional development and regeneration. She became Principal of Wulfrun College, Wolverhampton in 1996 and Principal of City of Wolverhampton College in 1999. In Wolverhampton she chaired the Local Strategic Partnership and Focus Housing Association and contributed to many local collaborative developments. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Music is her main recreation. In 2003 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Wolverhampton for services to Further Education in the West Midlands.