
John Sewell is a engineer who got into accessibility as a volunteer making aids for students at the National Star College. Later he dovetailed a career in local and national politics with working part time for the college making and adapting equipment for individuals. When the political career came to an end he became full time at the college taking up teaching IT as well. Eventually he became the manager of the College's Karten Open Learning Centre and took on responsibility for e-learning and access. He was nominated to sit on the Specialist College ILT group of the LSC which looked at how the sector could improve its provision and use of IT and e-learning. In 2004 he joined JISC TechDis as Senior Advisor for Independent Specialist Colleges.