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Edition 136: Andrew Gower, Ela Piotrowska & Shobha Tynan

Former East Kent College vice principal Dr Andrew Gower has taken over the top job at South London’s Morley College. His appointment follows the announcement last year of former principal Ela Piotrowska’s retirement. Dr Gower began his career leading and teaching courses in music technology at Canterbury College and Kingston University. In 2002 he was […]

Former ETF interim chief Sir Geoff Hall lands Principals’ Professional Council job

Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) interim chief executive Sir Geoff Hall is to become general secretary of the Principals’ Professional Council (PPC), it has been announced. The ex-New College Nottingham principal and FE Funding Council director, whose three-month stint at the ETF came to an end in late August 2013, takes over from Nick Lewis, who […]

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Apprenticeships and careers advice key to Lib Dem youth unemployment plans, Clegg to reveal

Apprenticeships and one-on-one careers advice will play a key role in Liberal Democrat plans to cut youth unemployment to “the lowest levels since records began”, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today. The Liberal Democrat leader is set to announce his ambition to get an extra 100,000 young adults into work, education or training. […]

Labour under fire from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell over ‘gender segregated’ rally in Shadow Skills Minister’s constituency

Labour officials have defended an election rally in Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne’s constituency where the audience appeared to be gender-segregated after it led high profile human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to question the party’s “professed commitment to women’s equality”. The party claimed there was “no forced segregation” at Saturday’s rally in Mr Byrne’s Hodge Hill […]

FE Commissioner launches city-wide review looking at merging Nottingham’s two biggest colleges

The FE Commissioner has launched a city-wide review of vocational education in Nottingham which is looking at merging the city’s two biggest colleges, FE Week can exclusively reveal. It follows grade three Ofsted inspection results for both colleges over the last year and the revelation, reported in FE Week on April 20, that New College […]

Dr Pember in return to FE and skills leadership role

Former Whitehall FE and skills chief and resident FE Week agony aunt Dr Sue Pember is set for a return to sector leadership. The former senior civil servant, who worked with 10 FE and skills ministers and eight secretaries of state over six years up to 2013, will head up adult learning provider membership body […]

Eight FE and skills ideas that ran out of steam — remember any of them?

As the dawn of a new government with the possibility of a raft of new policies approaches, former FE lecturer, press officer and communications manager Anne Nicholls (pictured) considers some policies of old and asks whether they’re best left in the past, or ripe for reconsideration. Folks in the Westminster education and skills bubble have […]