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Profile: Lee Elliot Major

Lee Elliot Major gave up a dream job to become the UK’s first professor of social mobility. Donna Ferguson…

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Colleges

Colleges week interview: David Hughes, CEO, Association of Colleges

The fifth national Colleges Week comes in a time of turbulence in Westminster. Shane Chowen sits down with David…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Profiles

Palvinder Singh, principal, Kirklees College

Pally Singh, principal at Kirklees College in West Yorkshire, has to juggle all the usual demands of college leadership…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Lynette Barrett, chief executive, National Star

From care worker to chief executive, Lynette Barrett has risen up the ranks at National Star, the adult special…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Bernie Savage, vice president for FE, National Union of Students

Bernie Savage, the new vice president for FE at the NUS, was blown away by her time in a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Martin Sim, principal, City College Southampton

Martin Sim, deputy FE commissioner and now emergency principal at City College Southampton, has done some of the toughest…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


Profiles

Lord Mike Watson, shadow education minister

Having become an MP in 1989, Lord Mike Watson has spent many years in frustrating opposition for the Labour…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Apprenticeships

Sharon Blyfield, head of early careers at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Sharon Blyfield, head of early careers at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, finished her BTEC at college and rose to the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Sharron Robbie, managing director, Devon & Cornwall Training Provider Network

Sharron Robbie, managing director of the Devon & Cornwall Training Provider Network, has her feet firmly in both the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, chair, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, who became chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in August, is overseeing 280…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Nicki Hay, chair, Association of Employment and Learning Providers

Nicki Hay is the second ever chair – and its first female chair – of the Association of Employment…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Lia Nici, prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary

Lia Nici is the first ever FE teacher to be the prime minister’s ‘eyes and ears’ in Westminster –…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg

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