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 an outmoded concept that fails to reflect the scale of current challenges. Jessica Hill reports
How FE leaders could help rescue university governance FE colleges have honed strong, diverse governance rooted in community, efficiency, and accountability, while university boards struggle with financial tunnel vision; appointing college leaders onto HE boards could be part of the solution
Term limits and recruitment reform is vital for effective FE governance The Weston College pay scandal should be a wake-up call that governance needs improvement
We need to learn lessons from Weston debacle before we move on The Weston College scandal damaged trust in FE, but it also forced a reckoning on governance. With compliance under scrutiny, the sector must decide if this crisis will drive real change
Governor recruitment is a challenge – but with solutions Recruiting skilled and diverse governors is one of the biggest challenges facing FE colleges today