Stephen Exley

What a treat this morning combining 3 of my favourite things: 🪑 Chairing a debate with an inspiring panel of experts 📚 Talking about the power of prison education 🏞️ Banging the drum for Yorkshire Looking forward to some excellent debate at this @Novuschange @WYLPLTD event

Huge news for the FE and skills sector

As someone who will never forget being routinely mocked for my accent at uni, this warms my heart manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@AndyBurnhamGM @TheMcrCollege @BBCNewsbeat @bbc5live @BBCRadioManc @MENnewsdesk @greatermcr This year at @TheMcrCollege the T level pass rate was 92.7%, with 27.8% achieving a distinction in their chosen subject – a 10 percentage point increase on 2024 #ResultsDay25 #loveourcolleges tmc.ac.uk/news/level-3-r…

Great to have @AndyBurnhamGM at @TheMcrCollege's Openshaw campus this morning to meet #Tlevel and #BTEC students and employers on #ResultsDay25. Our students have been sharing their their stories with @BBCNewsbeat @bbc5live @BBCRadioManc @MENnewsdesk @greatermcr #loveourcolleges

A hive of activity at @TheMcrCollege this morning as students receive their T level and BTEC results. Great to have @AndyBurnhamGM @BBCRadioManc @BBCNewsbeat @bbc5live @MENnewsdesk @greatermcr with us for #resultsday2025

@northernpremlge Surely you must have made a decision on what disciplinary action you’re taking against Stockton? Hard to fathom why this is taking so long to be announced.

“Our course is designed to help prison learners use ancient philosophical wisdom to inform contemporary life": a fascinating collaboration between @Novuschange and @durham_uni classicists @edithmayhall @ProfArleneHH featured in @guardian by @sweale theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

We all understand that public budgets are tight, but hard to see how government can deliver growth or achieve any of its other missions unless it invests in the education and skills of its people.

@whazell Congratulations Will, hope all is going well!

Bit of belated personal/prof news: started paternity leave last week so not in Westminster at the mo and will be a bit less active on here and the other place until after Christmas. See you soon!

FE colleges train electricians, engineers and welders. One of these reports says there's a shortage of folk with these skills. The other highlights the lack of fair, reasonable & sustained investment since 2010 has had an adverse impact on FE colleges. Over to you @hmtreasury

Thanks to everyone who came to the @LTEgrp fringe event at #cpc24 with @RtHonRobHalfon. Rob offered real insight into his passion for FE and skills and his experience of working in government. What a great advocate for the sector.

Industry skills ✅ Passion ✅ Real-world experience ✅  You’ve already got what it takes to teach in further education! Pass on your knowledge and change lives without changing your career 👉 gov.uk/teach-in-furth… #TeachinFE

Invitation to FE teacher educators delivering level 3, 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 ITE qualifications in colleges, land-based colleges, and sixth form colleges to participate in national survey about their work. Click on bit.ly/3ZHYkRe  to access & complete the survey.

@Barry_YFF @Padcraven Absolutely delighted to join @stephenexley from @LTEgrp to talk about my biggest passion: ensuring everybody can climb the ladder of opportunity! A wonderful chance to reflect on my time in Parliament, as a minister and my time with @CommonsEd. 🪜⭐️💪

This feels like a small but smart step forward on college teacher pay

If you’re at #CPC24 this morning, join me for the @LTEgrp fringe event ‘Climbing the ladder of opportunity: An interview with @RtHonRobHalfon’. It should be a cracker. ⏰10.15am-11.15am 📌Executive Room 1, ICC, Birmingham.

Attending #CPC24 in Birmingham tomorrow? Join us for our event ‘Climbing the ladder of opportunity: An interview with @RtHonRobHalfon’ which will be chaired by @stephenexley. 📅Tuesday 1 October ⏰10.15am-11.15am 📌Skills Hub, Executive Room 1, ICC, Birmingham.

Looking forward to chairing this @LTEgrp session tomorrow at #CPC24 with @RtHonRobHalfon

Climbing the ladder of opportunity: An interview with Robert Halfon. 📅 Tuesday 1 October 🕠10.15am-11.15am 📍 #SkillsHub, Executive Room 1, ICC, Birmingham (inside the secure zone) #CPC24

Back in August 2016 when I was FE Editor at @tes, I bagged the first interview with newly-appointed apprenticeships and skills minister @RtHonRobHalfon. Tomorrow at #CPC24 we'll be doing it all over again, this time in #SkillsHub, reflecting on his experiences at @educationgovuk