A perplexing question, at first glance.
But David Law, the Principal and Chief Executive of Chelmsford College holds
the somewhat surprising answer in the list of his personal interests.
Though seeing his students grow and
become successful may take its rightful place at the head of this diverse list,
the impressive list of venues at which he has seen Dylan perform, surely allows
the kingpin of popular folk music to take a close second place.
David Law has been at Chelmsford
College since 1996, and has been Principal since 2001. After originally training
to teach in schools, he made the transition to further education colleges after
just one year. Though David has taught in several different colleges around the
country, as well as having family links to the North West, the Leamington
native chose Chelmsford due to the friendly atmosphere, "excellent
students". And as he says, "you know when you fit somewhere, and
somewhere fits you". It is this partnership that has motivated David to
remain here, to oversee the improvements to learning, growth in student
numbers, and refurbishments to the college infrastructure that has seen an £18
Million investment over the past three years.
Outside of his professional life, which
also spans to a Directorship at the Association of Colleges, David Law holds a
keen interest in popular music, and travel. As previously mentioned, Bob Dylan
is very important to him, and after seeing him over 20 times in the past thirty
years, David admits his fandom may well "border on the obsessive". As
for travel, after retirement David plans to take up the "snowbird"
routine, of avoiding our cold British winters for somewhere more suitable to
hone his golfing skills.
David remains proud and privileged to
be at the helm of the College which continues to be an important fixture of the
Moulsham community.
P.A.
