Old Hall Associates Limited is a new organisation, but one which is based on proven experience.  Founded in July 2005, we are able to draw on professional expertise which covers local authority adult and community learning, further education colleges, voluntary sector management, higher education work with adults, regional administration and national development work.  Each member of the OHA team has extensive leadership experience, and  a background in managing adult learning organisations. 

 

Core staff

 

-         OHA Executive Director Bob Powell BA (Hons), MA, Cert Ed has taught in adult, further and higher education and is widely published.  During the 1980s he worked with Regional Advisory Councils for FHE, and followed this with a period as Senior Development Officer (Planning & Management) with the Unit for the Development of Adult Continuing Education.  He has worked on a freelance consultancy basis since 1991: clients include DfES, LSC, OfSTED, national development agencies, and over 50 provider organisations, including work as a specialist adviser. He has acted as Support Officer to LEAFEA (the Local Education Authorities’ Forum for the Education of Adults) and in 1995 created HOLEX, the national network of local adult learning providers.  Bob sits on a number of DfES, LSC and ALI groupings and was a member of the Bureaucracy Task Force.       

 

-         OHA Director of Services Miranda Seymour-Smith BA (Hons), MA, RSA Dip, has 25 years’ experience of senior management in Local Authority adult learning, FE college adult learning and in the voluntary and community sector. She is a qualified teacher of adults as well as holding post graduate qualifications in the management of post-16 education.  She was originally a specialist teacher of Basic Skills and ESOL and modern foreign languages.  She is experienced in the funding, planning and management of both vocational and non-vocational learning for adults with a particular interest in construction, child care and land-based studies.

 

 

The Associate Team

 

Old Hall Associates is able to deliver its wide range of services through drawing on the skills of a highly experienced team of Associates all of whom are selected for their up-to-date specialist experience and proven high quality of performance in consultancy roles.  We expect our Associates to have successful experience in inspection, in development work, in organisational change and/or in staff development and training.  We work closely with our Associate Team and all assignments are project-managed and supervised by the Directors, who also personally work on assignments as agreed with our clients.  All clients are offered maximum input into the selection of personnel on their assignment. We seek to ensure a "best fit" between client needs and the Associate specialism. Most of our Associates are invited to work for us on the basis of their track record, and where we undertake Associate recruitment we carry out rigorous selection procedures.  We maintain ongoing communication with all Associates who are quality-assured and who participate in our regular networking and training events.

 

 

OHA Support Team