David has a background as an academic and writer on political and economic theory, though over the last two decades has developed expertise in academic credit and accreditation of prior learning issues in Higher Education, now running one of Europe’s largest HE accreditation frameworks for adult learners in work.

David now works part-time for the University as Deputy Head of Division in Chester Business School and Framework Leader of Work Based & Integrative Studies (WBIS), which has nearly 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across the University. He has also been Director of the Centre for Work Related Studies at Chester and was appointed as an Associate Professor.

From Wrexham in North Wales, studied Politics at the University of Liverpool, being awarded a Ph.D in political and economic theory in 1995. Formerly a lecturer in politics and applied economics, first at Liverpool and then the University of Wales, and has written widely in the field, including a book and a variety of articles on contemporary political and economic issues.

Since coming to Chester in 2000, has worked closely with large public sector organisations and has operated as a consultant on behalf of the University advising organisations that have included the Cabinet Office, RAF, Department of Work and Pensions and a range of private-sector providers.