Hadyn Ingram DPhil, MPhil, PGCE, MCHIMA

Hadyn was brought up in his father's pub and after taking an HND in Hotel and Catering Management, he worked with Strand Hotels in London hotels including the Cumberland, Strand Palace and Tower. He then ran a busy London pub with bars, restaurant and banqueting before opening a 14 bedroom hotel in central Salisbury. In 1989 he took an MSc in Hospitality at Oxford Brookes University and taught hospitality operations at Bournemouth University, gaining a postgraduate degree in teaching. In 1995, he lectured at the University of Surrey, earning an MPhil in 1998. Since then, he has worked with the International Management Centres Association (see below for more details) on corporate learning programmes with companies such as Whitbread, Granada, Marriott, Rocco Forte Hotels, Interbrew and Compass.

Hadyn has more than 100 publications including books (see below and in Resources).

 

www.imcasocrates.com

IMC Association is the leading global professional body for career and continuing professional development through lifelong action learning working in partnership with individuals and enterprise in Europe, The Americas, The Orient, The Pacific and Africa. It is committed to advancing the professional and managerial careers of its Members both directly and with the support of the organizations with which they work and has exclusively espoused Action Learning and action research as the core processes for Member development. It is committed to advance the understanding and dissemination of these processes of professional and managerial career development on a global basis.

IMC Association readily embraces all media for communicating and disseminating knowledge and learning and is especially committed to remaining at the forefront of new capabilities created by the Internet. It is inclusive as a profession and welcomes and encourages new Members through the provision of open access to the Association's services to achieve the various degrees of membership.

IMC Association believes that the 21st Century will see a major growth in demand for lifelong learning to meet both unavoidable and deliberate career changes and that its Members will receive from the Association the significant support required in such transitions.

IMCA can accredit and certify it own awards and has done so in more than 40 countries since its inception in 1964.

It has supported and certified workplace action learning in some 60 corporations. It has a distinguished honorary court of members.

IMCA Socrates™ provides accredited action learning programmes from undergraduate (degree) to postgraduate (certificate or diplomas in management studies to masters degree).

They use ISO compliant processes and design protocols.

All associates meet an independent external reviewer so as to ensure that the appropriate level of certification has been met (e.g. for MMgt / MSc - 'professional mastery').

 

www.iib.ws

The Institute for Independent Business (IIB) is a not-for-profit research, training and accreditation organisation. Since 1984 the Institute has been providing invaluable information and access to assistance to meet the needs of independent businesses.

Research shows that most owners/managers of small to medium sized businesses are concerned that they lack the skills, experience and time to be effective in various key aspects of management, as well as the contacts and resources required to maintain and grow their businesses.

To address these fundamental needs, the Institute provides access to highly skilled and highly experienced business people, who have been trained and accredited in advising and helping small to medium sized businesses.

Now the leading global organisation, the IIB has provided independent businesses with access to over 4,000 Executive Associates throughout the world, an incredible and exclusive network of talent, resources and contacts providing valuable support and practical advice that works.

Businesses can benefit from the exact support needed that's right for them, based on a well-proven model that has helped many thousands of independent businesses.

 

www.the-bac.org

BAC is a registered charity (non-profit-making organisation) which was established in 1984 to act as the national accrediting body for independent further and higher education. It is independent both of government and of the colleges with which it accredits.

A college which is accredited by BAC undergoes a thorough inspection every five years, with an interim visit after two-three years. Until 2000, BAC accreditation was only available to colleges in the United Kingdom, but there are now accredited colleges in the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Greece, India, Germany and Switzerland. At present BAC accredits over 200 colleges in the United Kingdom, and nearly 30 overseas. A full list of accredited colleges can be viewed on this website.

BAC 's Council includes nominees of a number of the major bodies concerned with the maintenance of standards in British education, including the Association of Colleges, the British Council, the Council of Validating Universities, Universities UK, the Chartered Institutes, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education and UKCOSA.

The British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education is registered in the United Kingdom as a charity (Charities Registration No. 326652) and is a private company limited by guarantee (Registered in England No. 1828990)