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For too long, the national conversation around success has treated university as the default route into a professional career. Yet across the UK, thousands of...
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Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
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ESFA Management Board appointments which completes the ESFA management board recruitment process. Irene Lucas CBE, who recently joined the Department of Education Board as a…
Iconic luxury British fashion house Burberry is supporting the Institute for Apprenticeships’ Digital Route Panel as their Chief Information Officer takes on the role of…
John Gray has joined Emsi as Director of Further Education, where he will play a key role in managing strategic customer relationships and ensuring that our…
Mark Creighton, the former Dentsu Aegis Network chief operating officer, will become CEO of AVADO Learning , on January 28. He will take over from Mark…
Announcement of the Director of Funding for the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Message from Eileen Milner, Chief Executive: Following a competitive recruitment process,…
The Governors at York College are delighted to announce the appointment of Lee Probert as the new Principal and Chief Executive of the region’s largest…
We are delighted to announce that Shelagh Legrave, Principal and Chief Executive at Chichester College Group, has been elected as chair of the Collab Group…
Jeremy Moore is the new chair of BPDTS Ltd, the government-owned company set up to provide specialist services to the Department for Work and Pensions…
Pioneering young people’s charity, the EY Foundation, has appointed media owner, Nafisa Bakker as a trustee and investment consultant, Dawid Konotey-Ahulu as a patron. Operating…
ITN today announces the appointment of Anna Mallett as its new Chief Executive Officer. Anna joins from BBC Studios, where she is Group Chief Operating…
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