Wil Edmunds

William Glyndwr Edmunds OBE (born 1947), known as Wil Edmunds, is a retired Welsh educationalist. He was Principal of Coleg Ceredigion and then Principal/Chief Executive of Deeside College 1997-2004, [cite web | url=http://www.deeside.ac.uk/newdc/timeline.php | author=Deeside College | title=History of Deeside College: Principals at the college|accessdate=2008-04-28] during which time the college was the first Further Education college to be awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. [cite web | url=http://www.deeside.ac.uk/newdc/news-latest.php?subaction=showfull&id=1082645851&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1 | author=Deeside College | title=Deeside College goes to Buckingham Palace | date=2003-02-18 | accessdate=2008-04-28] In 2004 he was appointed chair of ACCAC, the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales. cite web | author=Welsh Assembly Government | title=Jane Davidson appoints new chair of ACCAC |url=http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/archivepress/educationpress/edpress04/706480/?lang=en | date=2004-07-19| accessdate=2008-04-28]

Edmunds has a degree in music from Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, and a masters degree in social psychology from the University of Liverpool. He received the OBE in 2001 for "services to Further Education in Wales".

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