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Interview: Tom Richmond

His name, and the name of his think tank, gets everywhere. How is one man who left teaching twice…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Interview: Jon Collins

Jon Collins, who is six months in as chief executive of the Prisoners’ Education Trust, explains how prison teachers…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Interview: Baroness Tina Stowell

Baroness Stowell is a born-and-bred FE college alumna from the Midlands who ended up leading the House of Lords….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News, Profiles

Alun Francis: ‘I believe FE can really contribute to social mobility’

‘Social mobility should not just be about ladders up into the elite for a few’, says the new Social…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Profiles

Introducing… Louise Bennett

Chambers of commerce are in the spotlight. Meet Louise Bennett, chief executive of the Coventry and Warwickshire chamber of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Introducing… Shaid Mahmood

Shaid Mahmood has been an FE governor for 20 years. Now he’s launching a review of the work of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Introducing… Shane Chowen

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

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Introducing… Jo Grady

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

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

The Interview: Roger Taylor

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

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

Introducing… Larissa Kennedy

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

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Profiles

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…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut

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