[2] After graduation he worked for the Scottish firm of Reid and Taylor but left in 1965 to become the head of fashion and textiles at the Nottingham College of Art and Design.
[1] It was during Pannell's tenure that the CNAA introduced minimum academic qualifications for students as a requirement for course validation UK Schools of Art.
[3] As reported in the Somerset County Gazette, he died on 22 June 2003 after being overwhelmed by smoke from a bonfire he had built in his own garden.
The Glasgow School of Art magazine Flow had this tribute:[4] It is with great sadness that we have to report the tragic death of Tom Pannell, following an accident at his home in Somerset.
Well liked and a true gentleman, he strengthened the School’s links with the local Trades Houses and the City’s design industries and was also an active figure in the development of the Royal Society of Arts programmes north of the border.