Yesterday started with a brilliant and interactive AI CPD session led by Richard Foster-Fletcher 🌎 of MKAI. Colleagues at Stoke on Trent College had plenty of great ideas to help ensure we’re embracing the benefits of #AI to future proof our College and the way we work...

In the news today! Our CEO, Dr Fiona Aldridge, shares her insights with FE News on the essential ingredients needed for a successful UK skills system. Read the full article to hear Fiona's thoughts on how Skills England could reshape our skills landscape for the future. 👇

And we're off! MEI FE Maths Challenge sponsored by AQA started with 6956 students in the first week. Registration is open until Nov 29, still time to register. It will be a blast mei.org.uk/teachers/funct… @El_Timbre Jude Mortimer Elizabeth Hopker-Blunt Rebecca Atherfold Cat van Saarloos

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𝙏 𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 course alert! 🚨 We have a range of exciting 𝙏 𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 starting in September 2025, including Business Management & Admin. Take your first step to a career that excites you 📲 stokecoll.ac.uk/t-levels #TLevelsWeek

That’ll be World Craft City status no less.

The Lord-Lieutenant is looking forward to hosting our carol service next week in Coventry, celebrating and thanking everyone for the care, service and commitment given to one another through the year. A time to reflect and acknowledge the empathy and kindness of those around us.

Always a proud day for FE when we come together to celebrate the new members of The Chartered Institution for Further Education today with some of our best colleges and sector leaders being admitted today Dawn Ward CBE DL Shelagh Legrave Ian Pryce CBE Jill Whittaker OBE FCA FIH FBII FRSA Lisa Capper MBE Rebecca Gater

Hear from our CEO & Principal Lisa Capper MBE at the recent Association of Colleges (AoC) parliamentary reception 👇

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For our latest #MadeAtStokeonTrentCollege alumni feature, we spoke to Hannah Shaw-Wootton, Mobile Hairdressing Business Owner, who studied #Hairdressing at the College between 2021 and 2024. 💇 Read all about Hannah's journey since 📲 ow.ly/U3cQ50UQX3y

We all understand that public budgets are tight, but hard to see how government can deliver growth or achieve any of its other missions unless it invests in the education and skills of its people.

Thank you to Our Lord Lieutenant for officially opening the new facilities WMLieutenancy Always a pleasure to see Lord Mayor of Birmingham and our local MP Paulette Hamilton MP YMCA England & Wales

We’re delighted to announce our winners of the Young Active Citizen Awards for their efforts fundraising, mentoring, volunteering and services to sport and road safety. Darci-Bleu Stewart, Elizabeth Downes, Jeevan Jhutti and Syed Adi Ahmed will receive their awards on 6th April.

Great article from Rob Lawson with his usual candour & pragmatic solution focussed advice & observations FE Week - we need more amazing people like Rob serving their local communities as FE College Governors - please do consider contacting your local college if you are

Deaf awareness and accessible communication are not optional — they're essential for deaf children. We stand with RNID and SignHealth in calling for an urgent reform to the NHS Accessible Information Standard.

As part of our ongoing Festival of Arts, we're thrilled to invite you to our Year 2 Acting students’ production of Be My Baby by Amanda Whittington. 🗓️ Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 June 📍 Sandwell College Reserve your tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/sandwellcolleg…

As ‘stormtroopers of regeneration’, the next generation of artists, digital creators, animators, sculptors and ceramicists are all set to bring new hope to a city looking to reclaim its national importance as an engine of creativity and growth. Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Stoke-on-Trent CC

Yesterday marked a major milestone as construction reached the halfway point on our Cradley Heath Skills Campus. Opening in 2026, this landmark campus will transform futures, delivering hands-on training, employer-led learning, and direct routes into high-quality jobs.

A lovely evening with Natspec, special award to the national deaf college for innovation, and thanks to Lynette Barrett National Star who is standing down as chair. What a special organisation making a difference for SEND students.