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Shane Chowen

London, Plymouth

Editor at FE Week

Editor at @FEWeek - reporting on further education, skills and apprenticeships. Story tips: [email protected]

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  • ‘Worry’ over as doomed SEND college is saved by Big Issue

    1 week ago | feweek.co.uk | Josh Mellor |Shane Chowen

    More from this theme Recent articles A special educational needs college that faced closure following a surprise eviction notice has been saved by a £3 million loan from the Big Issue magazine’s “social impact” funding arm. Great Oaks College has taught more than 100 students aged 19 to 25 with SEND each year since it opened at a purpose-built site in Hounslow, west London, in 2018.

  • Learning from Weston's governance failures

    1 week ago | feweek.co.uk | Jessica Hill |Shane Chowen

    FE’s reputation on the line: learning from Weston governance failures The damning FE commissioner report on Weston College revealed shocking lack of transparency in senior pay and governance. For an FE sector built on public trust, this must never happen again The damning FE commissioner report on Weston College revealed shocking lack of transparency in senior pay and governance.

  • Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages

    1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Shane Chowen

    Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages Ex-Ofsted chief and former education secretary both handed peerages by the Conservative party Ex-Ofsted chief and former education secretary both handed peerages by the Conservative party Former Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman will be made a Conservative member of the House of Lords, it has been confirmed.

  • FE governance leads the way-It’s time to say it out loud

    1 week ago | feweek.co.uk | Jessica Hill |Shane Chowen

    FE governance leads the way—It’s time to say it out loud Higher education is learning from our example but we mustn’t let gains from hard work slip away Higher education is learning from our example but we mustn’t let gains from hard work slip away Ian Valvona Croydon College chair 11 Apr 2025, 5:28 More from this theme Recent articles Whisper it but we may be entering a golden age of governance in FE.

  • Oli de Botton appointed 'expert adviser' to Starmer on skills

    3 weeks ago | feweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker |Billy Camden |Shane Chowen

    Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on skills Former head will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month Former head will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month More from this theme Recent articles Oli de Botton, a former headteacher and the chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company, has been appointed as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s “expert adviser on education and skills”.

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Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen @shanechowen
11 Apr 25

Something Ofqual/functional skills maths happened on this day 13 years ago and as you can see I was paying close attention #significantprobs https://t.co/lZMg0JxCzs

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen @shanechowen
11 Apr 25

UPDATE: Sir Paul Phillips has said he "played no part" in governance failures and he was a "loyal servant" of the college The £909,000 retention scheme (on top of his massive salary) was in place because "approaches from other organisations occurred" https://t.co/JhOrMXELPq

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen @shanechowen
8 Apr 25

🚨Extraordinary report on Weston College this morning from the FE Commissioner Governors bulldozed through eye-watering payments to Paul Phillips that were deliberately excluded from public senior pay disclosures https://t.co/JhOrMXELPq