Profiles

Profile: Carol Thomas

JL Dutaut meets a new principal and CEO who loves the stage but doesn’t make a song and dance...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Media focus on younger learners during Covid overlooks adult education

As the government rolls out the national retraining scheme, a publicity drive is needed to promote adult learning, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Ann Marie Spry
Opinion

Putting SEND learners at the heart of the college means all my students are back

Whether it’s providing farm placements or much-needed structure through digital platforms, putting SEND learners front and centre always makes...

Jess Staufenberg
Paul Phillips
Feature, News

Investigation: College sector recruitment highs & lows after virus and exams fiasco

As colleges re-open their doors after a summer like no other, staff have had to cross their fingers and...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Feature, News

Incorporation: The end of an experiment or the end of a myth?

Ministers are considering taking colleges back into government control, as revealed last week in these pages. But, Jess Staufenberg...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Profile: Ruth Spellman

FE Week revisits the outgoing Workers’ Educational Association chief executive Ruth Spellman and finds her focused, as ever, on...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Feature, News

Forces for good: ex-military impress as trainee lecturers

Successive governments are not giving up on the idea of getting former military personnel into classrooms, but could FE...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Careers and Enterprise Company blasted over £200k conference spend

The Careers and Enterprise Company has been blasted for spending more than £200,000 on two conferences after MPs demanded...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

College investigated head of curriculum’s racist tweets yet he kept his job until FE Week started asking questions

A curriculum head at one of London’s largest colleges sent a string of racist, homophobic and abusive tweets but...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg