Academic Director, David Dixon BSc (Econ), PGCE, MA

David graduated in 1979 with a 2:1 in Analytical & Descriptive Economics, and then went on to complete his Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1987.

He has 34 years’ experience in further and higher education, and was recruited by Kaplan in 2007 as part of a small team to create Kaplan Open Learning. David has now been programme leader and Academic Director for over 15 years.

He’s a committed egalitarian and secularist, and believes that education is key to promoting social and economic welfare. He has a long-standing commitment to ‘life-long learning’ and widening access to education.