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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 518

Rachel Kay Director, Skills, Deloitte Start date: January 2026 Previous Job: Director of Education, Learning People Global Interesting fact: Rachel began her education career at a UK tour operator training holiday reps overseas Sue Saunders Interim principal & CEO, Northern College for Adults Start date: December 2025 Previous Job: Deputy Principal and Chief Finance Officer, […]

Movers and Shakers

Deals end January strike threat at three colleges

Disputes settled in the north amid ramped up industrial action at large London college group

News, Strikes

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

WorldSkills UK national finals: Welsh colleges top 2025 medal table

‘The future of the economy’ honoured as gold, silver and bronze medals awarded after a tough week of national skills competition finals

News, WorldSkills UK

DfE’s £20m spike cash helps buy 9,000 student places

With student numbers climbing sharply, colleges in northern England are using emergency cash to buy new buildings and convert classrooms to workshops

News, Colleges

Cumbrian college principal retires after 16 years

Chris Nattress will be replaced by Mark Fell at Lakes College

News, Colleges

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

We’re joining the dots to create lifelong learning in the North East

Bringing higher education into the centre of regional planning is vital for the LLE to succeed, and we’re already doing it at Newcastle University

Opinion, Lifelong Learning

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