COUNCIL MEMBERS

• About BJTC
• Associate members
• Council members
• Partners

Officers

• Chairman - Tom Beesley
• 20 years with the BBC - Manager BBC Radio
• Nottingham, Senior Manager BBC Local Radio
• HQ, BBC Regional TV Manager for the Midlands.

• Vice Chair - Heather Purdey
• Course Director, City University.

• Accreditations Secretary - Steve Harris
• 22 years of journalism and broadcast training. Involved in writing accreditation frameworks and guidelines for Skillset, the Film Council, NUJ and BJTC.

• Treasurer - Martyn Hurd
• 20 years with ITN, Head of C.4 News Resources
• Head of Studios and Director of Human Resources, Director of Resources, Board member of ITN Archive and ITN Factual, Visual Voodoo and Euronews.

• Complaints and Appeals Officer - Dr. Gill Ursell
• Former Head of Centre for Journalism at Trinity All Saints College, Leeds. Gill now chairs the Standing Committee.

• Secretary - Jim Latham
• 24 years in BBC Local Radio, News Producer, News Editor, Programme Organiser, finally Managing Editor BBC Radio Kent.
• Course Director for Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism and MA in Journalism Studies, University of Westminster.

Industry Representatives

• John Barsby
• Ex-BBC, now works for the NUJ on broadcasting matters, former NUJ president, represents the NUJ on Council.

• Julie Barton
• 24 years in the BBC, Bi-Media Education Correspondent for BBC Wales and Editor BBC R. Wales - represents the NUJ on Council.

• Dippy Chaudhary
• Features Editor BBC London.

• Emma Clifford
• Training and Development Manager ITV News.

• Simon Cliffe
• Group Head of News, GWR (GCap Media).

• Pete Clifton
• Head of BBC News Interactive.

• Leo Devine
• Head of Journalism, BBC Nations and Regions.

• Robin Elias
• Managing Editor ITV News.

• Alex Gerlis
• Head of Training, BBC College of Journalism.

• Jon Godel
• Editor IRN and ITN Multimedia.

• Darren Henley
• Managing Editor Classic FM and represents the CRCA.

• Rob Kirk
• Editorial Development Manager, Sky News.

• Kate O'Connor
• Deputy CEO Skillset.

• Mehdi Hasan
• An Editor in C4 News and CA. Previously worked as Dep. Exec. Editor for the Sky News breakfast programme “Sunrise" with Eamonn Holmes and for Granada as producer on ITV 1’s “Jonathan Dimbleby".

• Matthew Schofield
• News Editor Capital FM.

• Lloyd Watson
• Editor, TV Production, Reuters.

• Andrew Wilson
• Head of BBC College of Journalism, Foundation Journalism Scheme – was Head of Programmes, BBC West in Bristol.

• Bob Wood
• Media Consultant and Director/Trainer, Bob Wood Media, Scotland, since 1998 after 32 years in a production career with BBC Scotland and BBC London. Former Training Manager, BBC Scotland.

College/University Representatives

• Ronnie Bergman
• PG Diploma, University of West of Scotland (formerly Bell College, Hamilton).

• David Dunkley-Gyimah
• Senior Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, University of Westminster.

• Karen Fowler-Watt
• Course Leader, BA in Multi-media Journalism, Bournemouth University.

• Richard Horsman
• Course Leader, Broadcast Journalism, Leeds Trinity College.

• Gary Hudson
• Award Leader for Broadcast Journalism, Staffordshire University.

• Diane Kemp
• Course leader PG Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Birmingham City University (formerly University of Central England).

• Marie Kinsey
• Director of Learning and Teaching Development, Broadcast Journalism, Sheffield University.

• Mike Ward
• Head of Department of Journalism, University of Central Lancashire.

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