Latest profile Profile Barry Jarvis 3w Inside Karen Redhead’s battle to rebuild West London College Read more Read more All Features Long read, SEND Long read SEND first class: How groundbreaking partnership are rethinking SEND support The Sutton Life Centre is one of several partnerships between colleges and external partners, where SEND learners are prepared… Jessica Hill 23h Jessica Hill 23h Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4d Shane Chowen 4d Devolution, Long read Long read The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w Long read, NEETs Long read How NEET providers are propping up a failing system Helping inactive young people get back on track is being hampered by a youth population spike, market instability and… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Colleges, Long read Long read Inside Karen Redhead’s battle to rebuild West London College ‘Not for the faint-hearted’: How Redhead pulled her college back from the brink Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w Adult education, Long read Long read The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era Jessica Hill meets the WEA’s chief executive Simon Parkinson at the group’s new Brighton base to hear how the… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Training Providers Long read Her PET project For 30 years Fleur Sexton has led training provider PET-Xi, with its staff of largely neurodiverse leaders and can-do… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Governance, Long read Investigation To pay or not to pay? The ‘divisive’ question of college governor remuneration Relying on unpaid volunteers to hold college executive teams to account is either an important matter of principle or… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Long read, Skills reform Long read Tom Bewick, author of Skills Policy in Britain and the Future of Work If history often rhymes, as Mark Twain once said, then Tom Bewick’s book, Skills Policy in England and the… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Long read Long read The other King’s college Jessica Hill visits King Charles’ Dumfries House and Highgrove House estates where the King’s Foundation teaches heritage courses ranging… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Long read, Politics Reform plots a political tsunami, but skills policy is lost at sea Farage’s turquoise tide: The insurgent party’s supporters want to fix ‘broken Britain’, insisting that trades and industrial automation are… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges, Long read Lisa O’Loughlin, principal and CEO As Nelson and Colne College Group unveils a new identity, its leader Lisa O’Loughlin reflects on tackling illness, steering… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 Older