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"Both Judy and Darryl were extremely supportive and professional both in agreeing the approach to be taken and in delivering the sessions.  They were sensitive to the particular context in which Leicester is working and the feedback from colleagues was very positive.  As the project Director, I have found the sessions extremely useful and informative."
Elain Crewe, Director of Professional and Flexible Learning,
University of Leicester


employer engagement, staff development, workforce development

ABOUT US

BibbyRumbelow are specialists in the design, delivery and evaluation of learning and training for organisations and individuals and the development of talent and potential.

With experience of working with large organisations in both the public and private sectors, the founding Partners, Dr Darryl Bibby and Dr Judy Rumbelow were Dean and Associate Dean respectively of the successful School of Lifelong Learning at Coventry University. Both have many years experience in developing and assessing innovative and effective learning at higher levels, of working at the interface between Higher Education and companies, and in particular have been responsible for significant change in HE with the recent highly successful programmes delivered in and through work.

employer engagement, staff development, workforce developmentDr Darryl Bibby

darryl@bibbyrumbelow.com





Darryl started his career in education but later changed direction and worked in a marketing company as a sales executive finishing up as Marketing Director. Darryl was responsible for driving the sales and marketing of the company, including managing the relationship and performance of all client contracts and sales.

Darryl then moved into Higher Education and became Business Development Manager and then Head of Continuing Education at Oxford Brookes University. He was recruited to Coventry University in 1999 to establish a Centre for Lifelong Learning. By 2005-6 the Centre was recruiting more than 2000 part-time students through a curriculum explicitly aimed at the vocational needs of employers and career development needs of employees. In 2006 the Centre was made a full academic School of the University with Darryl its first Dean. Working with the Associate Dean of the School, Judy Rumbelow, Darryl secured £4million funding from HEFCE to set up one of the first tranche of employer engagement projects working with clients such as Caterpillar, the AA and the NHS.

Since founding Bibby Rumbelow in May 2005 Darryl has led consulting on innovative approaches to income generation and business development for universities for clients such as Queen Mary University of London and the University of Salford. He has also designed a series of staff development workshops for university staff to share and develop expertise in generating a market for higher level learning from employers and managing and growing relationships and partnerships with them.

employer engagement, staff development, workforce developmentDr Judy Rumbelow


judy@bibbyrumbelow.com




Judy started her academic career in Further and Adult Education delivering work related learning and training. Judy worked for 6 years at the Open University specialising in the design and delivery of accredited customer service training for Student Support Staff and the development of distance learning for higher level level skills as an author on the BA in Business Studies. As a result of this work Judy completed a work-based Doctorate examining the experiences of people undertaking competence based training in a Higher Education environment. Her research interests remain in this area and focus particularly on the relationship between education and training.

In 2005, Judy joined Coventry University as Associate Dean of the School of Lifelong Learning. As Project Director for the University’s successful Employer Engagement Project she worked with Darryl to design a leadership development programme for large employers which was delivered at work and assessed using real work issues and challenges.

Since founding Bibby Rumbelow with Darryl, Judy has focused particularly on the design and assessment of work-based learning. This work has included the design and delivery of staff development programmes specialising in work-based curriculum, quality assurance and assessment, as well as preparation of distance learning materials to support staff in HE and FE in managing work-based students. Recently Judy has advised on the design and implementation of a work-based ‘shell framework’ through the University approval process, and supported a university in the accreditation of an existing employer learning programme into a degree framework.

employer engagement, staff development, workforce developmentHenry Jerwood

henry@bibbyrumbelow.com





Henry started work as a production engineer and then spent time in IT applications development and management before moving on to sales roles. Henry has more than 25 years experience and success in sales and marketing in the IT and services industry. He was the first of a team of Business Development Managers working at Coventry University. Henry has worked extensively in the Higher Education sector designing and delivering training in business development. He was also instrumental in establishing  Coventry University’s first Applied Research Institute in Serious Games and has experience of setting up new business units working with companies such as Fujitsu. Henry works as an Associate for Bibby Rumbelow with a particular focus on business development, marketing and sales.


employer engagement, staff development, workforce developmentJane Kettle

jane@bibbyrumbelow.com





Jane started her career in housing working in London and Leeds before moving into education as a Principal Lecturer at Leeds Polytechnic. In 2004 Jane became Associate Dean and Head of School of the Built Environment at Leeds Metropolitan University developing professional and vocational programmes in the sector, working with employers and professional bodies. Jane’s extensive expertise in quality assurance, and vocational and professional programmes that met the needs of employers led her to her current fractional post at the Higher Education Academy as Senior Advisor on employability and employer learning programmes. Jane works with Bibby Rumbelow as an Associate with particular expertise in employer related quality assurance, assessment and accreditation.