Dr John Dews, BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, CCHEM, MRSC

Dr John Dews is a graduate of the Universities of Wales (BSc), Bristol (MSc) and Wolverhampton (PhD).  Before entering academia, he was employed for almost ten years in the construction industry by Tarmac plc, working in a variety of posts ranging from Research and Development to Marketing and Financial appraisal and gaining a doctorate for his work on an industrially based construction materials project..  Whilst working in industry he taught part time in both the Further Education sector and with the Open University as a Tutor-Counsellor.  In 1977, he joined the academic staff of the Polytechnic, Wolverhampton – now the University – as a Lecturer in Construction Science.  He supervised several MSc and PhD students and has authored and co-authored  about twenty papers in construction journals.  He was promoted to Senior Lecturer and then to Principal Lecturer before joining the staff of Dudley College of Technology in 2001 as course tutor of their Higher Education construction awards portfolio.  He left the college in January 2004, to concentrate on freelance lecturing and training and to develop consultancy work in the education field.