The University of Nottingham, UK

Dr Diane Dalby

I joined the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education in September 2014 after three years as a full-time doctoral student in the School of Education, having spent much of my life in Further Education colleges as a mathematics teacher and later as a senior manager. Although my career commenced in secondary schools, the progression into Further Education broadened my view of post-16 provision and provided valuable experience across the academic, vocational and adult strands of post-compulsory education. During this time I held a range of departmental and cross-colleges positions involving responsibilities in the areas of curriculum development, policy implementation, quality improvement and student support.

In addition to working in colleges I have been active as an educational consultant, trainer and external examiner for many years, taking a special interest in adult numeracy teaching and FE management. This has included project work for NIACE, training and consultancy for the Skills for Life Quality Initiative and, more recently, contributing to an advisory panel for National Numeracy.