David Bell | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sunderland | |
Assumed office 24 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Shirley Atkinson |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading | |
In office 2012 –September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Tony Downes (acting) |
Succeeded by | Robert Van de Noort |
Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education [lower-alpha 1] | |
In office January 2006 –September 2012 | |
Preceded by | David Normington |
Succeeded by | Tom Jeffery (acting) |
Chief Inspector of Ofsted | |
In office 1 May 2002 –2006 | |
Preceded by | Mike Tomlinson |
Succeeded by | Maurice Smith (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow Jordanhill College of Education (PGCE) |
Sir David Robert Bell KCB DL (born March 1959) is a public policy analyst who is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Sunderland. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading for six years. Prior to that,he was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and its predecessor departments from January 2006 until 2012. Before that he was Chief Inspector of Schools at the Office for Standards in Education from 2002.
Bell studied history and philosophy at Glasgow University and obtained his Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from Jordanhill College of Education. He also has a Master of Education degree in management and administration from Glasgow University. Bell then held teaching posts at primary schools in Glasgow,moving on to become a deputy head,and then a headteacher at Kingston Primary School,in Thundersley,Essex. [1]
In 1990,Bell became assistant director of education at Newcastle City Council. During this time he spent a year as a Harkness Fellow at Georgia State University,Atlanta,studying education and local government reform across the United States of America. Bell trained as an Ofsted team inspector in 1993. He became a Registered Inspector in 1994 and carried out inspections in primary schools. He was promoted to director of education and libraries at Newcastle City Council in 1995 and became chief executive of Bedfordshire County Council in 2000. [1]
Bell took up his post as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools on 1 May 2002. [2] [3] He was Chief Inspector for over three years and,in January 2006,he became Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and Skills,named the Department for Children,Schools and Families from June 2007,and then the Department for Education from May 2010. [4]
In September 2012, [5] Bell left the civil service to become the vice-chancellor of the University of Reading. He succeeded Acting Vice-Chancellor Tony Downes. [6]
In 2016 a move to reorganise the structure of Reading University provoked student protests. [7] On 21 March 2016,staff announced a vote of no confidence in Bell, [8] the no-confidence motion being backed by 88% of those who voted. [9]
Bell left the University of Reading in September 2018 and was succeeded by Robert Van de Noort as acting vice-chancellor. [10] Bell had left "under a cloud",according to Times Higher Education [11] when it emerged that Reading had returned a £20 million deficit,largely because of its Malaysia campus.
Bell began his new role as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Sunderland on 24 September 2018. [5] He announced the closure of history,politics,modern languages and public health courses,and of research in those fields,on 13 January 2020. [12] He announced on 12 January 2023 that the National Glass Centre building would be closed (and probably demolished) within 3 years [13] . As a consequence,the University announced on 22 March 2024 that its glass and ceramics academic programme will close in summer 2026 [14] .
Bell was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2011 Birthday Honours [15] and a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne &Wear in 2020. [16]
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