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.
May 2025
13 May: Teeing off for a brighter: LASER Education Foundation hosts its inaugural fundraising event | LASER | Click here
April 2025
1 April: Rewarding volunteering: Good for me Good for FE and NCFE pilot microcredientials | FE News | Click here
9 April: This is what greater collaboration between further and higher education in England should look like | Wonk HE | Click here
11 April: From regular training to buddy systems - top tips to help autistic people into work | The Sun | Click here
March 2025
4 March: London South East Colleges recognised as exempary employer for third year running | FE News | Click here
5 March: Collaboration was ouy way of solving a local SEND crisis | FE Week | Click here
6 March: Policy must better promote local SEND collaborations | Schools Week | Click here
19 March: The Power of Teaching and Learning in FE | FE News | Click here
February 2025
3 February: Nido Volans Lambeth Opening | FE News | Click here
12 February: Children and Young People Now Conference | CYP Now | Click here
January 2025
31 January: AI and Governance | FE Week | Click here
31 January: KS5 - focus on reforms to make that key stage more inclusive | Schools Week | Click here
November 2024
12 November: Jacqui Smith has spelled out a vision for FE we can all back | FE Week | Click here
8 November: An obituary for Claudette Douglas | FE Week | Click here
4 November: Transforming lives via Civic Leadership | FE News | Click here
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