The FE Week Podcast: Association of Colleges Conference Special

17 Nov 2021, 17:59

This special episode comes straight from the Association of Colleges annual conference in Birmingham, one of the biggest FE events of the year!

Shane is joined by two leading principals: Sally Dicketts, chief executive at Activate Learning, and Jo Maher, chief executive at Loughborough College.

Together they take a closer look at Nadhim Zahawi’s speech that day, in the education secretary’s first appearance to the sector…

Listen to the special episode 7 below, and hit subscribe to follow the podcast!

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