TAUNTON-based Paula Jones, deputy chief executive of Learning South West, has been elected to the Institute for Learning council as a full member representative for three years.

The IfL is the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the learning and skills sector.

She said: "As a council member, I aim to help make the institute a potent force in raising the status of our profession and to capture the development journeys we each take as learning and skills practitioners."