Latest profile Profile Part of the skill set 2w Tom Bewick tells Jessica Hill how a lifelong connection with FE led to his new book and argues that an obsession with structural change still hampers skills delivery today Read more Read more All Features 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo land-based colleges, Long read Long read Jeremy Kerswell, Plumpton College principal and Landex chair As head of a land-based college that has doubled in size, Jeremy Kerswell is attracting students from outside rural… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Long read, net zero Profile GSAP: FE’s secret weapon for net zero training Former fisherman Mike Blakeley tells how he’s building the Green Skills Advisory Panel so FE and industry can make… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Adult education, Long read Inside the evergreen sanctuary of Fircroft adult residential college Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Skills reform Long read Stephen Evans, CEO of Learning and Work Institute Battling cuts to adult education has been the defining task for Stephen Evans at Learning and Work Institute, but… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read Profile Phil Smith, chair, Skills England Phil Smith reveals he’s working all hours since becoming chair of Skills England but believes he has all the… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Long read Profile Mark Botha, CEO, Knovia Group Rugby-loving boss of Knovia Group Mark Botha has big plans for care, early years and dental training after learning… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 Older
