London & South East Education Group regularly features in the media - with colleagues from all parts of the organisation contributing to various articles, comment pieces and news stories - articles Oct 2020 - July 2023
July 2023
25 July: Children & Young People Now - Supported Internships | Click here
June 2023
29 June: Could volunteering and social action solve our skills issues? | Association of Colleges | Click here
23 June: ASCL - The Leader Magazine | Grow your own talent - Leader Magazine - Neil Golding | Click here
5 June: Improving Attendance | Education Executive | Click here
1 June: FE Week - Mark Jenkinson | London shows local FE partnerships are key to driving the green skills agenda | Click here
May 2023
26 May: How DJ lessons are helping to raise attendance | Tes | Click here
26 May: Delivering green skills in London depends on FE to lead partnerships | FE Week | Click Here
23 May: Free school meal plan for London children “could leave schools worse off” | Evening Standard | Click here
16 May: New Statesman - How to implement a policy: universal free school meals | Click here
April 2023
27 April: Employer event supports green skills and jobs drive across the Local London Region| London Colleges | Click here
25 April: CYP Now - College provides alternative career pathways | Click here 24 April: The Staffroom. Ensuring EDI is more than 'box-ticking' (feweek.co.uk) | Click here
5 April: Council leader shares his career story to inspire LSEC Greenwich students | FE News | Click here
March 2023
26 March: Scrapping BTECs will narrow access to English universities | Times Higher Education (THE) | Click here
4 March: FE Week - Ministers must heed colleges on their move to defund BTECs | Click here
February 2023
23 February: FE Week - LSEC wins national EDI award | Click here
10 February: Orpington 1st - Local MP opens new University Centre in Orpington | Orpington 1st | Click here
1 February: FE News | Improved Special Needs provision for children and young people in Lambeth | Click here
January 2023
31 January: Sec-Ed - We’re on the front-line, but we can’t do it alone | Click here
25 January: FE News -| Colleges’ green skills drive continues across London by teaming up with sustainability experts | Click here
22 January: FE warm spaces help communities through the cost of living crisis | Click here
22 January: FE Week - What employers want from college partnerships article from one of our new College Fellow's, Alex Dimsdale | Click here
21 January: News Shopper - London South East College Bromley visit from TikTok band Here At Last | Click here
18 January: FE News - TikTok boyband leaves a buzz throughout London South East Colleges | Click here
17 January - Fellowship Launch | Click here
December 2022
5 December - London Colleges - Sarah Stockley wins apprentice award | Click here
6 December 2022: Schools Week Sam Parrett interview | Click here
6 December 2022: FE Week Sam Parrett interview | Click here
9 December: Schools Week – Madelaine Caplin comment piece | Click here
November 2022
1 November 2022 – AoC Think Further Reversing the narrative of failure Sam Parrett | Click here
4 November 2022 - FE Week - Earlier further education choices could transform the life chances of many - Sam Parrett | Click here
10 November 2022 - FE News - LSEC celebrates accreditation for its exemplary ethnicity agenda | Click here
15 November 2022 - AoC/FE News - Sarah Stockley named Apprentice of the Year | Click here
18 November 2022 - FE Week - Just 1 in 4 SEND students in work a year after the internship ends – Interview with Rhona Sapsford
24 November 2022 – #futureofapprenticeships PODCAST with Neil Coates | Click here
30 November 2022 - FE News - Cost of Learning - How the sector is stepping up | Click here
October 2022
7 October 2022 - FE News - College and employer partnership secures investment to increase green and digital skills across the capital - FE News | Click here
14 October 2022 - FE Week - How to support learners with SEND into employment | Click here
17 October 2022 - FE News - AoC joins sector’s social action initiative – FE News | Click here
20 October 2022 - AoC Think Further - Tackling disadvantage in FE: reversing the… | Association of Colleges (aoc.co.uk) Sam Parrett | Click here
21 October 2022 - Schools Week - the Conversation - Neil Miller | Click here
26 October - Education Journal - AoC joins GfM GfFE | Click here
September 2022
1 September 2022 - FE Week supplement - The future of assessment must be a more level playing field - Asfa Sohail | Click here
28 September 2022 - Orpington 1st - Trust pupils celebrate success | Click here
August 2022
8 August - The Independent - letter to editor from Sam Parrett - There is more to HE than university | Click here
17 August - Orpington 1st - College offers many options for gaining a higher level qualification | Click here
25 August - Evening Standard - teenagers with Covid-inflated GCSEs may struggle with A Levels | Click here
25 August - News Shopper - schools and colleges celebrate students' GCSE results |. Click here
July 2022
6 July - SecEd - Reducing school exclusions: Fixing the system | Click here
13 July - Local Authority Building and Maintenance - Bramley Oak Academy refurbishment | Click here
June 2022
1 June - FE Week Podcast - Refugees - featuring Beth Moore | Click here
8 June - FE News - Making Social Action part of our sector's DNA - Sam Parrett | Click here
17 June - FE News - A social impact revolution - David Gallagher (NCFE) | Click here
20 June - Orpington 1st - College wins Bromley community award | Click here
May 2022
4 May - The Guardian - Letter to editor from Neil Miller - Why ending exclusions isn't easy | Click here
5 May - FE News - College offers pioneering 4-day week | Click here
6 May - FE Week - College to trial 4-day week | Click here
18 May - Evening Standard - pioneering four day week offered to STEM teachers | Click here
25 May - News Shopper - One Bromley award for LSEC | Click here
26 May - Bromley Buzz podcast - featuring Sam Parrett | Click here
April 2022
29 April - FE Week - Fit your own mental health oxygen mask before fitting others - Asfa Solail | Click Here
2 April - TES - How to engage reluctant learners with maths - Cheryl Folkes BTA | Click Here
2 April - TES - How to engage reluctant learners with literacy - Georgina Gallagher BTA | Click here
1 April - FE Week - Digitising EHCPs does not solve huge waiting lists - Dr Sam Parrett CBE | Click here
1 April - Schools Week - SEND Review: reforms must now follow quickly - Dr Sam Parrett CBE | Click here
March 2022
31 March - UK Fundraising - Mental Health Foundation joins GfMGfFE | Click here
29 March - Children & Young People Now - Neil Miller - Schools know what’s best to support disadvantaged pupils’ learning needs | Click Here
28 March - FE Week - Vulnerable refugee learners are being moved around between local authorities, threatening their education | Click here
18 March - FE News - London South Eat Colleges honoured at Royal Civic Awards | Click here
12 March - Evening Standard - UASC need more support | Click here
7 March - FE News online - #GoodforMEGoodforFE Ukraine Crisis Appeal | Click here
3 March - The Guardian - Letter to Editor - Dr Sam Parrett - Student loan plans will lead to greater inequality | Click here
February 2022
28 February - Weaving health and safety into school culture | Click here
15 February - TImes Higher Education online - Universities’ domination of FE-HE partnerships must end | Click here
9 February - FE News online - Successful and accessible apprenticeship provision requires strategic and sustainable partnerships | Click here
4 February - The Sun - SUNEMPLOYMENT Begin your career with one of the 30,000 apprenticeships available right now | Click here
January 2022
31 January - Schools week - Why an SEMH setting could be a professional's destination of choice | Click here
31 January - FE week - Colleges should consider a forest school on campus | Click here
18 January - SEC ED – Three inspections in a week: We need more compassion | Click here
18 January- Headteacher Update – Three inspections in a week: We need more compassion | Click here
December 2021
1 December - FE News online - New Principal appointed at London South East Colleges | Click here
4 December - tes.com - Why you need to embed music into every lesson | Click here
10 December - FE Week - Behaviour Management | Click here
15 December - FE Week - GfMGfFE reaches halfway goal | Click here
November 2021
26 November - South London Press - BBA celebrates its 5th birthday | Click here
26 November - FE News online - Lemn Sissay inspires college network | Click here
October 2021
7 October - FE News online - LSEC chosen as SEND Centre of Excellence | Click here
7 October - FE News online - Education Skills Crisis | click here
4 October - SkillsWorldLive (radio) - #AntiRacismInAction | Click here
4 October - FE Week - Turing Scheme | Click here
September 2021
14 September - FE News online – College partners with Bromley Healthcare | Click here
21 September - FE Week – College Improvement | Click here
24 September - FE News online – FA joins Good for Me Good for You campaign | Click here
August 2021
27 August - TES - Careers Advice, is your school breaking the law? | Click here
30 August - TES - Why we need a long term vision to close skills gaps | Click here
3 August - TES.com, Teacher assessed grades: Did they work for colleges? | Click here
July 2021
1 July - Good for Me Good for FE, Dr Sam Parrett CBE, London South East Colleges, Jo Maher, Loughborough College and Stuart Rimmer MBE, East Coast College | Click here
June 2021
30 June - National Leadership Centre Public Leaders Report | Click here
25 June - Good for Me Good for FE | Click here
18 June - Good for Me Good for FE | FE week, TES.com, FE News
15 June - Infosecurity, McAfee and London South East Colleges' cyberskills partnership |Click here
13 June - Schools Week, Colleges are the missing link in the post-Covid reform chain | Click here
11 June - TES, CBE for Sam Parrett | Click here
11 June - Schools Week, CBE for Sam Parrett | Click here
3 June - The Caterer, Marriott Takeover - Alex Dimsdale | Click her
May 2021
30 May - FE Week, College Collaboration is a Gamechanger | Click here
28 May - TES, FE Awards 2021 - London South East Colleges FE provider of the year | Click here
28 May - TES, FE Awards 2021 - winners revealed | Click here
19 May - TES.com, Colleges need employers' help in the skills revolution | Click here
11 May - TES.com, Queen's Speech: What it said about FE and training | Click here
April 2021
27 April - TES.com, London has to avoid 'lost generation', colleges say | Click here
23 April - TES.com, How to harness the under used talent around you | Click here
23 April - FE News, Skills Minister visits London South Colleges to launch CIFE report | Click here
13 April - Schools Week, Bexley Music | Click here
9 April - TES.com, EDI and grants programme | Click here
3 April - FE News, Skills Minister visits London South East Colleges to launch CIFE report | Click here
March 2021
23 March - Collab Group Blog - Dr Sam Parrett OBE: CEO and Group Principal at London South East Colleges. | Click here
23 March - This is Local London, London South East Colleges (Future Greenwich) | Click here
23 March - FE Week, London South East Colleges (re-opening feature) | Click here
23 March - FE Week, London South East Colleges (EFSA relationships) | Click here
19 March - Orpington 1st, London South East Colleges (Stuart Lawrence Landmark Lecture) | Click here
8 March - TES.com, London South East Colleges (featuring David Lambert) | Click here
February 2021
28 February - South London Press, London South East Colleges | Click here
24 February - FE News, London South East Colleges | Click here
24 February - TES.com | Click here
14 February - FE Week | Click here
12 February - FE News and South London Press, London South East Colleges | Click here
4 February - TES.com | Click here
January 2021
26 January - FE News, London South East Colleges | Click here
22 January - News Shopper, London South East Colleges | Click Here
22 January - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
20 January - TES, Stephen Howlett | Click Here
7 January - FE News, Sam Parrett | Click Here
29 December - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
December 2020
28 December - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
18 December -TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
16 December - Schools Week, Madelaine Caplin | Click Here
12 December - FE Week, Janet Curtis-Broni | Click Here
9 December - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
October 2020
16 October - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here
9 October - FE Week, London South East Colleges Festive Foodbank | Click Here
6 October - South London Press, London South East Colleges Festive Foodbank | Click Here
September 2020
25 September - Schools Week, Madaleine Caplin (London & South East Academies Trust) | Click Here
22 September - Sec-Ed, Neil Miller | Click Here
20 September - FE Week, Sam Parrett | Click Here
17 September - The Independent (and Yahoo! News), Neil Miller (London & South East Academies Trust) | Click Here
11 September - TES, Sam Parrett | Click Here