Profiles

‘Civil servants spend too much time in a room with other civil servants’

After four years in the job, Jonathan Slater was unceremoniously sacked as permanent secretary of the Department for Education….

Introducing… Shane Chowen

Shane Chowen, currently an area director at AoC, will become FE Week’s new editor in August. He talks to Jess…

Introducing… Jo Grady

Jo Grady, general secretary of the UCU, swept to the leadership at a young age pledging to improve wages…

The Interview: Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor, the former chair of Ofqual, who oversaw the grades fiasco last summer, has spent much of his…

Introducing… Larissa Kennedy

Almost one year in to her two-year role, Larissa Kennedy, one of the youngest ever presidents of the National…

Profile: Asfa Sohail. Principal, Lewisham College

JL Dutaut meets a college principal for whom building resilience is a matter of building communities   How are you?  Good…

Introducing… David Gallagher

David Gallagher tells Jess Staufenberg how he pulled back from the brink of a reckless life to focus on…

Profile: Rebecca Conroy, CEO, East Sussex College Group

Challenging CEO stereotypes is one thing, but Rebecca Conroy’s relentless and contagious positivity must have an explanation. JL Dutaut…

Introducing…Steve Kelly

Whether it’s teaching in prisons or walking on hot coals, Steve Kelly, principal at Keighley College near Bradford, says…

Profile: Ian Pryce, chief executive, The Bedford College Group

JL Dutaut meets a longstanding college leader who thinks we could all benefit from taking the long view How…

Profile: Dipa Ganguli, principal, Sutton College Adult Education

Newly-honoured principal, Dipa Ganguli could teach us all a thing or two about keeping calm and carrying on, finds…

Jess Staufenberg meets a leader bending the UTC model to build the pipeline of post-16 technical learners In March…