Patricia Morgan-Webb

Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb, DBE (18 May 1943 – 16 May 2023) was a British educator and academic. She was the head of Clarendon College (1991–1998), and New College (1998–2003),[1] both in Nottingham.

New College, Nottingham was established by merging four smaller colleges. The school achieved two successful national inspections, in 1996 and 2001 respectively, under Morgan-Webb's leadership. The college was awarded, among other awards, the Queen's Anniversary Award for FHE in 2002.

Morgan-Webb served as a member of the UK Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for five years (1997–2002). She was a board member of the East Midlands Regional Economic Development Agency (1998–2004) and the Derbyshire Learning and Skills Council.[citation needed]

Later life and death

After retiring from New College in December 2003, she established an educational consulting firm known as The Morgan Webb Education Ltd.[citation needed]

Morgan-Webb was a governor of Walsall College[2] and a trustee at Citizens Advice South East Staffordshire.

Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb died on 16 May 2023, two days shy of her 80th birthday.[3][4]

Honours and awards

Morgan-Webb was awarded a damehood for "services to Further Education" in the 2000 Honours List.[5]

Morgan-Webb was Special Professor at the University of Nottingham and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Nottingham Trent University[1] in 2004

References

  1. ^ a b "Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb - Honorary graduates - Your Alumni Association - Alumni - Nottingham Trent University". Ntualumni.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Walsall College". Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ Boffy, Roy (1 September 2023). "Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Tributes to 'brilliant and generous' former Nottingham college principal". FE News. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Page 8 | Supplement 55710, 31 December 1999 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Thegazette.co.uk.