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London South East Colleges receives Excellence in End-Point Assessment Award from City & Guilds
London South East Colleges has been recognised by City & Guilds/ILM for the high quality and standards of its apprenticeship provision.
College offers pioneering 4-day compressed week to attract English, maths and STEM specialists
London South East Colleges is offering English, Maths and STEM specialists a four-day compressed working week in a pioneering move to encourage teachers into the FE sector.
Fit your own mental health oxygen mask before fitting others
Even though life for many feels it is returning more to ‘normal’ since the pandemic hit, mental health issues show little sign of abating.
College honoured in national social value awards
London South East Colleges has for a second year, been recognised by the national Social Value Awards for the work it is doing to support its local communities.
From classroom to conflict zone: HE student volunteers at Ukrainian border
Last month HE student Adriano Borges (who currently studies a Foundation Degree in Social Care Studies at London South East Colleges University Centre) travelled to the Polish-Ukraine border to transport donated goods for refugees fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine.
SEND and AP Green Paper: These are encouraging proposals, now we must see enacted reform
The long-awaited SEND and AP green paper recognises the many challenges the sector currently faces. From inconsistent, overly-bureaucratic processes and long delays in processing EHCPs to a national shortage of SEND professionals including educational psychologists and speech therapists – these are common issues that our own SEND and AP schools are dealing with every day.
Education Group Principal receives CBE from HRH The Prince of Wales
Dr Sam Parrett, Group Principal and CEO of London & South East Education Group, has today been presented with her CBE for Services to Education.
Mental Health Foundation joins Good for Me Good for FE
The Further Education sector’s community action campaign – Good for ME Good for FE - is welcoming the Mental Health Foundation as the latest charity to come on board.
Apprentice makes a difference at alternative provision school
Level 3 Teaching Assistant Phoebe Humphris, 18, has made great strides in her career by taking an apprenticeship at the Midfield campus of Bromley Academy Trust. This alternative provision school is part of the wider London South East Academies Trust, which creates an engaging and supportive learning environment for children who have been permanently excluded from mainstream school.