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‘Lancashire Adult Learning’

New year honours 2026: Who got what in FE and skills?

Gongs for college principals, apprenticeship advocates and a WorldSkills UK gold medallist

News

Milburn’s panel of experts named for rising NEETs review

College principal among list of specialists spanning health, disability rights and policy

News, NEETs

UCU ballot results: 32 colleges vote to strike over pay and workload

Pay deals were agreed at a further 17 colleges during the ballot window

News, Staff

The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era

Jessica Hill meets the WEA’s chief executive Simon Parkinson at the group’s new Brighton base to hear how the 122-year-old institution is evolving to meet the demands of devolution and political change

Feature, News, Adult education, Long read

Ed Balls among inaugural Get the Nation Learning award winners

Former politician and broadcast production company recognised for lifelong learning commitments

News, Adult education, Lifelong Learning

Lisa O’Loughlin, principal and CEO

As Nelson and Colne College Group unveils a new identity, its leader Lisa O’Loughlin reflects on tackling illness, steering a landmark curriculum review, and why she believes FE can’t lose its heart Lisa O’Loughlin and the college group she leads have both undergone a transformation. Her organisation is changing its name from Nelson and Colne […]

Profiles, Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica Hill talks to those on the front line, confronting hate head-on

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is delivering it with a ‘Multiversity’ built in Britain’s most famous seaside town Alun Francis is practising what he preaches as chair of the government’s Social Mobility Commission at the Blackpool college he runs. In a town […]

News, Profiles, Colleges, Long read

From rival to collaboration – the key to success in FE

Wigan & Leigh college principal Anna Dawe demonstrates how collaboration is power if regions are to fully harness the opportunities offered by devolution Much of Anna Dawe’s further education career has been “coloured” by the idea that colleges compete against each other in a “highly competitive market”. Years ago, she recalls colleges paying for adverts […]

Profiles, Long read