Author: FE Week Reporter

Sarah Atkins-Boal Head of FE Appointments, Peridot Partners Start date: April 2024 Previous Job: Principal Consultant FE, Peridot Partners Interesting fact: Sarah has had a varied career. She has found herself ordering diggers, recruiting call handlers, advising on mortgages, spotting shoplifters, and most recently appointing over a 100 chairs, governors and senior leaders across the […]

Yultan Mellor Principal Consultant, Further Education, Peridot Partners Start date: April 2024 Previous Job: Principal & Chief Executive, Northern College Interesting fact: Yultan loves 6.30am circuit classes at the gym so much that even though she though she’d retired last year she continued going along. Now she’s back to work she doesn’t need to build […]

Helen Sharpe Assistant Principal – Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement, London South East Colleges Start date: May 2024 Previous Job: Operations Director – Apprenticeships, South Essex Colleges Group Interesting fact: Helen has been passionate about apprenticeships since completing her own (in hairdressing) around 27 years ago. Having worked in apprenticeships for South Essex College over the […]

Heather Marks Principal, Buxton and Leek College and Director of FE and Skills, University of Derby Start date: July 2024 Previous Job: Deputy Principal, Boston College Interesting fact: Heather is pursuing a PhD in Trauma-Informed Learning in Further Education and Skills and is an active member of the American Educational Research Association. In her spare […]

Andy Sparks Chair of Governors, Writtle College Start date: March 2024 Concurrent Job: LSIP Executive Director, Essex Chamber of Commerce and Industry Interesting fact: Following a 27 year career in further and higher education, Andy moved to the Chamber to develop and maintain the Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) David Gallagher […]

Joanna Davidson CBE Chair of Governors, Working Men’s College Start date: March 2024 Previous Job: Chair, Experience Oxfordshire Interesting fact: Joanna is a great traveller and has been to all seven continents. She once got overtaken by a giant tortoise on a trek up the side of a volcano in the Galapagos but in mitigation […]

Kersty Ellis Principal, Writtle College Start date: March 2024 Previous Job: Director of Further Education, Writtle University College Interesting fact: Kersty is a registered veterinary nurse and absolutely adores cats. Once on a holiday in Greece, Kersty found a poorly kitten at the hotel and arranged veterinary care. The cat arrived at Gatwick a month […]