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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 520

Kelly Greevy Assistant Principal: Business Growth and Skills, Solihull College and University Centre Start date: January 2026 Previous Job: Director of Adult Skills, Solihull College and University Centre Interesting fact: Kelly was a professional dancer before beginning her career in FE as a part-time performing arts teacher at Stratford-upon-Avon College in 2004 Mike Crowhurst Skills […]

Movers and Shakers

Peck’s picks: FE leaders join OfS’ ‘critical friend’ panel

Two current and one former principal selected to alert higher education regulator to emerging risks

News, Higher education

Half of college strikes called off as three-day walk out begins

Strike list whittled down to 16 colleges after more deals and talks tabled

News, Strikes

Mapping the skills debate across the opposition benches

Thirty years after ‘education, education, education’: Where are we now?
A look at how today’s parties are positioning themselves on FE and skills

Feature, News, Long read, Skills reform

Saqib Bhatti appointed as Conservative shadow education minister

New shadow minister takes aim at level 7 apprenticeship cuts and tax rises on FE providers

News, Politics

How FE can be a force for hope in an increasingly polarised world

Teachers should acknowledge the influences students face and provide safe spaces for dialogue

Opinion, EDI

Inside the evergreen sanctuary of Fircroft adult residential college

Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental health problems. Jessica Hill visits what is now one of only two adult residential FE colleges in England

Feature, News, Adult education, Long read

UCU members greenlight national strike ballot

Motions on national action and deficit budgets passed overwhelmingly

News, Staff

UCU Congress preview: Lecturers to vote on national strike ballot

Tackling ‘excessive’ principal pay and abolishing Ofsted also due to be debated

News, Strikes, Teaching