LASEEG strategic plan

London & South East Education Group regularly appears in the media, with colleagues from all the organisation contributing to various articles, comment pieces, and news stories.

October 2024

14 October: Creating a more collaborative tertiary landscape | Times Higher Education | Click here

3 October: London South East Colleges wins Social Value award | FE News | Click here

2 October: VAT exemption for Colleges | Mail Online | Click here

September 2024

30 September: The Benefits of a try before you buy approach to joining a trust| Schools wek |  - Click here

30 September: How to launch a staff friendly volunteering strategy | FE Week | Click here

27 September: Trust Awards | Orpington 1st | Click here  

20 September: Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy? | The Guardian | Click here

18 September: Outrageous FE teacher pay gap causing huge vacancies in key priority skills | FE Week | Click here

13 September: Embedding EDI at London South East Colleges: creating opportunity through belonging | FE News | Click here

10 September: Children and Young People Now | Cynow.co.uk |  Click here

June 2024

17 June: Sector-Based Work Academy Programme (SWAP): a new approach to addressing the green skills gap | FE News | Click here

17 June: The Staffroom. The election is a chance to empower learners | feweek.co.uk | Click here

9 June: Students volunteer to support their local communities | feweek.co.uk | Click here

May 2024

26 May: Microcreds can turn volunteering into recognised learning | feweek.co.uk | Click here

21 May: Primary school eco-champions win global citizenship award | londonnewsonline.co.uk | Click here

7 May: SEND students show off their business skills in Dragons’ Den event | londonnewsonline.co.uk | Click here

1 May 2024: How to ensure trustees make informed decisions on growth | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

April 2024

23 April: Why we’re developing micro-credentials – and you should too | feweek.co.uk | Click here

2 April: The Staffroom. Why faith is a cornerstone of effective ED | feweek.co.uk | Click here

March 2024

29 March: Why outstanding schools should join a MAT (and how to find the right one) | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

February 2024

26 February: Empowering through education: the evolution of NCFE and FE institutions | wired-gov.net | Click here

5 February: Resits: Colleges could do much more with some flexibility | FE Week.co.uk | Click Here

January 2024

24 January: Anxiety, poverty and undiagnosed special needs fuel spiralling levels of school truancy | The Standard | Click here

21 January: Balanced MAT expansion is about striking the right chords | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

20 January: Anxiety, poverty and undiagnosed special needs fuel spiralling levels of school truancy | The Standard | Click here

2 January: Bexley school children sing in King's Christmas message | This is Local London | Click here

December 2023

25 December: Bexley Music Primary Choir performs on the King's Christmas Message 2023 - The King's Christmas Broadcast 2023 | BBC | Click here

8 December: Schools Week - Mental Health and Attendance | Click here

7 December: Association of Colleges (aoc.co.uk) | Why we are re-imagining social action | Click here 

5 December: Volunteering hero at The Sheffield College recognised in new national awards | FE News | Click here

November 2023 

17 November: Londonhigher.ac.uk | How London’s universities and colleges are working together to support students, employers and local communities  Click here 

14 November: FE News | Minister visits London South East Colleges ahead of skills funding announcement | Click here

October 2023 

31 October: Inaugural Good for Me Good for FE award winners revealed | FE Week | Click here

19 October: Children and Young People Now Magazine |To tackle attendance, we must redefine it | Click here

19 October: David Evennett MP visit to LSEC | FE News | Click here

12 October: Celebrating the success of outstanding pupils | Orpington 1st | Click here

September 2023 

29 September: South London Press | Green skills | Click here

29 September: Joining a MAT helped us rebuild trust and re-imagine success | Schools Week |Click here

28 September: FE Week - Shelagh Legrave | Why it’s time to recognise the work of colleges as social action leaders | Click here

9 September: FE Week - Good for Me Good for FE awards launch | Click here

1 September: FE News - Sam Parrett - 20th anniversary | Click here


Click here to read news stories dated October 2020 to July 2023