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To pay or not to pay? The ‘divisive’ question of college governor remuneration

Relying on unpaid volunteers to hold college executive teams to account is either an important matter of principle or an outmoded concept that fails to reflect the scale of current challenges. Jessica Hill reports

Feature, News, Colleges, Governance, Long read

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 505

Val Shawcross Chair of Governors, Croydon College Start date: August 2025 Previous Job: Chief Executive, Crystal Palace Park Interesting fact: Val was leader of Croydon Council in the 1990’s, and a London Assembly member in its formative years. She went on to become Deputy Mayor for Transport until she retired from full time politics in […]

Movers and Shakers

We need to learn lessons from Weston debacle before we move on

The Weston College scandal damaged trust in FE, but it also forced a reckoning on governance. With compliance under scrutiny, the sector must decide if this crisis will drive real change

Opinion

How we went from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in 19 demanding months

When Ofsted deemed us ‘inadequate,’ doubt crept in—but defeat wasn’t an option. We’ve proved that rapid transformation is possible

Opinion, Colleges

Revealed: £302m college condition allocations

DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge

News, Colleges

FE ethnicity pay gap revealed

Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities at region and leader level reveal cold spots in pay gaps

News, Staff

The importance of governors in setting the tone for a college

A myriad of rightly-sounded notes add up to the symphony that is organisational culture

Opinion, Governance

Cumbrian college dealt ‘inadequate’ Ofsted blow

Leaders and governors take the flak as attendance, retention and achievement declines

News, Colleges, Ofsted

Country’s only ‘inadequate’ FE college improves to ‘good’

The college’s principal said staff are ‘absolutely delighted’

News, Colleges