Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb, DBE (18 May 1943 – 16 May 2023) was a British educator and academic. She was the head of Clarendon College (1991–1998), and New College (1998–2003), both in

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. New College, Nottingham was established by merging four smaller colleges. The school achieved two successful national inspections, in 1996 and 2001 respectively, under Morgan-Webb's leadership. The college was awarded, among other awards, the Queen's Anniversary Award for FHE in 2002. Morgan-Webb served as a member of the UK Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for five years (1997–2002). She was a board member of the East Midlands Regional Economic Development Agency (1998–2004) and the

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Learning and Skills Council.

Later life and death

After retiring from New College in December 2003, she established an educational consulting firm known as The Morgan Webb Education Ltd. Morgan-Webb was a governor of

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and a trustee at Citizens Advice South East Staffordshire. Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb died on 16 May 2023, two days shy of her 80th birthday.

Honours and awards

Morgan-Webb was awarded a damehood for "services to Further Education" in the 2000 Honours List. Morgan-Webb was Special Professor at the

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and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the

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in 2004

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