David Woolley

Board of Trustees – Director, Student and Community Engagement, Nottingham Trent University

David is the Director of Student and Community Engagement at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and on the Board of Trustees for Grit Breakthrough Programmes.

At NTU he is the strategic lead for the agendas of social mobility and widening participation. His department focuses on research and insights into the access and participation agenda; learner analytics; and student and community engagement (outreach) across the student lifecycle. The department’s programmes of activity are centred on the importance of participation in and developing a sense of connectivity to your communities.  They use data and research to back purposeful action and provision, underpinned by pedagogical practices.

David’s previous roles include Deputy Head of Widening Participation at the University of Nottingham and a teaching career before that, both abroad and in UK Further Education.