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Donna Maree Waugh

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I started my career in Hair and Beauty when leaving sixth form aged 18 and am still passionate about the industry 42 years later. I worked in a beauty salon gaining experience in between having my family until 1990 when I realised my passion for passing on knowledge, enrolling in a teaching course and becoming a lecturer continuing to achieve a teaching degree, Assessor and IQA qualifications. I represented the College Internationally for the British Council in Indonesia at trade fairs highlighting education in the sector. Over the next few years I worked at the college part time and taught at a small private training provider, eventually becoming School Manager and developing business growth from a one room training school to one that spanned 3 premises with 4 training salons, introduced Hairdressing Courses, recruiting, and building a team of 15 lecturers and gaining government funding contracts for the school.
I was head hunted in 2002 by VTCT to become an External Quality Assurer which meant working with