This article is more than 10 years old

David Bell

David Bell is the leader of the University of Reading taking the unusual route from being a senior civil servant straight to the top of an institution. He was Permanent Secretary at the Department of Education and also a former Chief Inspector of Schools. He didn’t last long under Michael Gove’s leadership of DoE and … Continued
This article is more than 10 years old

Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /var/www/vhosts/wonkhe.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/wonkhe2-prism/templates/content-author-info-mobile.php on line 5

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/wonkhe.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/wonkhe2-prism/templates/content-author-info-mobile.php on line 6

David Bell is the leader of the University of Reading taking the unusual route from being a senior civil servant straight to the top of an institution. He was Permanent Secretary at the Department of Education and also a former Chief Inspector of Schools. He didn’t last long under Michael Gove’s leadership of DoE and made a swift exit to take the reigns of Reading. But government’s loss was the sector’s gain as his insider knowledge of Whitehall and his great network makes him a critical part of the Universities UK leadership team. Also well-liked by fellow vice chancellors, as his feet get ever firmer under the table in the sector, expect to see more of him on the scene.