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Meddwl Mawr - March
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2026
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2025
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2024
09 Dec 2024
Shaping the future of curriculum design in Wales
25 Oct 2024
Purposeful steps to an anti-racist Wales
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2023
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2022
17 Feb 2022
Why quality is vital to international learning
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2021
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2020
21 Oct 2020
Dr Howard Williamson - From the local to the global: Is youth work coming of age in Wales?
02 Oct 2020
Teachers’ professional learning and development
22 Jul 2020
Keith Towler - Youth Work continues to support young people in overcoming the challenges of COVID-19
21 Jan 2020
Philip Blaker - Testing the Future
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2017
16 Mar 2017
The PLP a passport to the future...
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2016
22 Aug 2016
Rhian Huws Williams - Regulation for success
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The senior management team works with the Council to develop the Education Workforce Council’s (EWC) strategy. They are responsible for the day-to-day activities of the organisation and provide corporate leadership.
Lisa Winstone, Chief Executive
Lisa is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of the EWC, operating in line with its statutory responsibilities set out in the Education (Wales) Act 2014.
She is committed to working with registrants and key stakeholders, including learners, parents/guardians, trade unions/associations, employers, and Welsh Government.
As Accounting Officer, she is charged with ensuring that the EWC offers value for money to registrants and uses its resources efficiently.
Lisa joined the EWC in 2018 following her previous role as Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at the Office for National Statistics.
David Browne, Director of Regulation (Deputy Chief Executive)
David is responsible for maintaining and developing the Register of Education Practitioners in Wales. He is also responsible for our fitness to practise function, and investigating and hearing cases referred to the EWC, as well as data analysis, reporting, and data governance.
He joined the EWC in November 2020, working initially as Head of Fitness to Practice, until moving to his current post in September 2023. David’s previous role was as a senior trade union official with a teaching union.
Bethan Holliday-Stacey, Director of Professional Development, Accreditation and Policy
Bethan is responsible for accreditation of professional programmes and promotion of careers in the education profession, professional development, strategic planning and communications, and policy development.
Bethan joined the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) in 2000, and worked as the Professional Development and Funding Manager from 2006, before moving to her current role in 2018.
Christine Hellings, Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Christine is responsible for financial planning, monitoring, and reporting, all financial governance matters, including the audit function, human resources, and corporate support and information systems.
She was appointed as Director of Finance and Corporate Services from 2 February 2026, following her previous role as Head of Finance and Commercial at the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.
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