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13 April 2026
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Our Team
The FE Week team is made up of experienced journalists and sector specialists who are deeply connected to further education and skills. Our work is led by editor Shane Chowen, whose leadership ensures our reporting remains focused, independent and rooted in the realities of the sector. Together, the team is committed to producing journalism that informs, challenges and supports those working across further education.
Our team of journalists are passionate about providing our readers with the latest FE & skills news.
Shane Chowen
Editor
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Shane leads FE Week’s team of reporters bringing breaking news, leading analysis and insightful features and investigations. He makes sure FE Week stays ahead of the curve and delivers the high-quality and robust journalism the sector deserves.
Before his stint as editor, Shane held several prominent roles in further education. In the 20 years he’s been in FE he’s worked closely with students, providers, policymakers, and practitioners.
He was the midlands director at the Association of Colleges responsible for supporting 50 FE and sixth form colleges during the pandemic. Before that he was head of public affairs at Learning and Work Institute leading on campaigns and policy.
Shane is a proud product of FE and has given back in multiple voluntary roles, including as a governor and quality committee chair at Capital City College, student governor at City College Plymouth and trustee at Learning South West.
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Billy Camden
Deputy editor
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Billy was appointed deputy editor in January 2019. He began his career with FE Week on a work experience placement while studying for his degree in journalism in 2014 before leaving university and working his way up the ranks.
He began as a junior for sister publication Schools Week, when it was first known as Academies Week, before holding a joint role across both titles and then moving solely onto FE Week in late-2016.
Along his way he has been nominated for various awards including in the CIPR’s Outstanding Further Education Journalist category and the Press Gazette’s Specialist Journalist of the Year category.
Billy recently moved back to Essex where he grew up. When not working, you can find him in the gym, at the pub, and playing football (in that order).
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Jessica Hill
Commissioning & investigations editor
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Jessica is commissioning and investigations editor at FE Week, responsible for deep-dive features, profile interviews and our opinion pages.
Before that, Jessica was deputy news editor for Local Government Chronicle covering all things council-related (including unpicking their financial woes), and with a particular knack for nailing devolution deal exclusives.
She has also co-written a book about culture in the UAE where she lived for seven years. During that time she worked as a freelance journalist in Abu Dhabi, covering a wide range of issues mainly for the National newspaper – from hypnobirthing to local ambitions to send astronauts to Mars.
Jessica lives just outside Ipswich and is a keen runner. She is hoping against all odds to conquer a 62k race later this year.
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Anviksha Patel
Senior reporter
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Anviksha joined the FE Week team as a senior reporter in May 2023.
She began her career after moving to London in 2016 from Bolton, armed with a degree in modern languages and a desire to pursue journalism.
Over the years, she has worked her way up the ranks at multiple national trade publications, covering commercial property, NHS general practice and the financial markets, before moving to FE Week.
Anviksha’s home is now in south London. Outside of work, she enjoys watercolour painting, learning Beyoncé dance routines and obsessively photographing her feline housemate.
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Josh Mellor
Senior reporter
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Josh Mellor is a journalist at FE Week, with a particular interest in devolution, policy, and governance. Since joining in 2024, he’s looked into how billions are spent through flagship government programmes such as skills bootcamps and the shared prosperity fund, investigated how metro mayors are using their newfound freedoms in skills policy, and puzzled over college VAT rules.
Before joining FE Week, he worked as a local reporter covering councils in east London, and at a court news agency. Before re-skilling as a journalist, he was an English language teacher.
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