Palvinder Singh
@palvindersingh.bsky.social
College Principal & Chief Executive. Interested in education, privilege, history and purpose. All views are my own. likes re tweets are not endorsements
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✍️LETTER TO THE EDITOR ✍️
'In recent weeks, each of us has witnessed attempts to sow division in our communities, particularly the targeting of migrants and minority groups. We feel compelled to speak out against ugly racist attacks, reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s.'
feweek.co.uk/letter-to-th...
'In recent weeks, each of us has witnessed attempts to sow division in our communities, particularly the targeting of migrants and minority groups. We feel compelled to speak out against ugly racist attacks, reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s.'
feweek.co.uk/letter-to-th...
Letter to the editor: Protecting British values in education
As college leaders, we call on the sector to speak out, protect learners and defend British values against far-right attacks on and off campus
feweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✍️LETTER TO THE EDITOR ✍️
'In recent weeks, each of us has witnessed attempts to sow division in our communities, particularly the targeting of migrants and minority groups. We feel compelled to speak out against ugly racist attacks, reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s.'
feweek.co.uk/letter-to-th...
'In recent weeks, each of us has witnessed attempts to sow division in our communities, particularly the targeting of migrants and minority groups. We feel compelled to speak out against ugly racist attacks, reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s.'
feweek.co.uk/letter-to-th...
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🌍 Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes @palvindersingh.bsky.social
#InternationalDayOfPeace
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#InternationalDayOfPeace
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World Peace Day: Facing volatility with values
Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes Palvinder Singh
feweek.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🌍 Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes @palvindersingh.bsky.social
#InternationalDayOfPeace
feweek.co.uk/world-peace-...
#InternationalDayOfPeace
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Results seasons reminds me of this wonder poem by Hussain Manawer. Your Future’s Good!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0t...
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'Your Future’s Good', a poem by Hussain Manawer
YouTube video by FutureLearn
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August 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Results seasons reminds me of this wonder poem by Hussain Manawer. Your Future’s Good!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0t...
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"When you have a SEND child, you're battling all the time. And it never stops."
Brilliant report from @channel4news.bsky.social on the impact of post-16 SEND transport cuts to students and their families.
h/t @natspec.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAA...
Brilliant report from @channel4news.bsky.social on the impact of post-16 SEND transport cuts to students and their families.
h/t @natspec.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAA...
Leicester City Council to end post-16 school transport for SEND students
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"When you have a SEND child, you're battling all the time. And it never stops."
Brilliant report from @channel4news.bsky.social on the impact of post-16 SEND transport cuts to students and their families.
h/t @natspec.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAA...
Brilliant report from @channel4news.bsky.social on the impact of post-16 SEND transport cuts to students and their families.
h/t @natspec.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CAA...
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Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation
More than 20 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies.
Witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces had opened fire on people as they headed toward the aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). “There were many martyrs, including women,” the 40-year-old resident said. “We were about 300 metres away from the military.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
THIS👇🏽
Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
THIS👇🏽
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Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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“Expecting colleges to do more with the same money is simply unsustainable and limits the support they can give.” - David Hughes, AoC Chief Executive.
Read more:
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Read more:
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January 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“Expecting colleges to do more with the same money is simply unsustainable and limits the support they can give.” - David Hughes, AoC Chief Executive.
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‘It’s an utter distortion of the truth’
Andrew Norfolk, the journalist who broke the grooming gangs story 14 years ago, tells The News Agents he wants to 'set the record straight.'
@maitlis | @lewis_goodall
Andrew Norfolk, the journalist who broke the grooming gangs story 14 years ago, tells The News Agents he wants to 'set the record straight.'
@maitlis | @lewis_goodall
The truth about the grooming scandal - from the journalist who broke it
The Times reporter Andrew Norfolk, who exposed the grooming gangs scandal in 2011, speaks to The News Agents to “set the record straight” on whether there was a cover up, Keir Starmer’s real impact…
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January 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
‘It’s an utter distortion of the truth’
Andrew Norfolk, the journalist who broke the grooming gangs story 14 years ago, tells The News Agents he wants to 'set the record straight.'
@maitlis | @lewis_goodall
Andrew Norfolk, the journalist who broke the grooming gangs story 14 years ago, tells The News Agents he wants to 'set the record straight.'
@maitlis | @lewis_goodall
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Pleased to share our report & videos showcasing how colleges are delivering on the government's missions www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
Government’s five missions at risk without investment in colleges,…
If the government wants to deliver its five missions and achieve its new targets, it must empower and invest in further education colleges, according to a…
www.aoc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Pleased to share our report & videos showcasing how colleges are delivering on the government's missions www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
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The wide range of people willing to share a quote in support of this shows the complex web of relationships colleges have. Doing their jobs as systems leaders, anchor institutions and vital local partners
“Successful delivery of the missions will rely heavily on colleges as anchor institutions, but government needs to create the environment in which that collaboration is incentivised and funded" - @hughesdavid.bsky.social
on our mission accepted report. Read more: www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
on our mission accepted report. Read more: www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
December 9, 2024 at 12:47 PM
The wide range of people willing to share a quote in support of this shows the complex web of relationships colleges have. Doing their jobs as systems leaders, anchor institutions and vital local partners
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“Child poverty has got a whole lot worse. Spending on children has gone up, but increasing amounts of it has gone into the price of failure rather than early intervention and prevention.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants
Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bans
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:42 AM
“Child poverty has got a whole lot worse. Spending on children has gone up, but increasing amounts of it has gone into the price of failure rather than early intervention and prevention.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Yesterday, Greater Manchester approved free travel passes for young people who have experienced care up until the age of 25.
Through devolution, important progressive steps continue to be made.
Through devolution, important progressive steps continue to be made.
November 30, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Yesterday, Greater Manchester approved free travel passes for young people who have experienced care up until the age of 25.
Through devolution, important progressive steps continue to be made.
Through devolution, important progressive steps continue to be made.
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🎉 A north east college group has received Ofsted’s highest marks after going through a 'relentless' improvement journey
College lauded for student care in the aftermath of this year’s riots and inspectors were 'moved to tears' after seeing other 'life-changing' work feweek.co.uk/relentless-j...
College lauded for student care in the aftermath of this year’s riots and inspectors were 'moved to tears' after seeing other 'life-changing' work feweek.co.uk/relentless-j...
‘Relentless’ journey leads to top Ofsted result for north east college
Group also lauded for its care of students in the aftermath of this year’s riots
feweek.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM
🎉 A north east college group has received Ofsted’s highest marks after going through a 'relentless' improvement journey
College lauded for student care in the aftermath of this year’s riots and inspectors were 'moved to tears' after seeing other 'life-changing' work feweek.co.uk/relentless-j...
College lauded for student care in the aftermath of this year’s riots and inspectors were 'moved to tears' after seeing other 'life-changing' work feweek.co.uk/relentless-j...
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Great to hear @hughesdavid.bsky.social
on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money this morning discussing the government's Get Britain Working White Paper. Listen from 31:30 here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money this morning discussing the government's Get Britain Working White Paper. Listen from 31:30 here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Wake Up to Money - Getting Britain Working? - BBC Sounds
The Government launches its plan to "Get Britain Working" - what do businesses think?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Great to hear @hughesdavid.bsky.social
on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money this morning discussing the government's Get Britain Working White Paper. Listen from 31:30 here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money this morning discussing the government's Get Britain Working White Paper. Listen from 31:30 here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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“We need an influential, powerful and authoritative Skills England to help build a stronger, fairer, more inclusive and more productive economy" says @hughesdavid.bsky.social in this @financialtimes.com piece on Skills England. Read more: www.ft.com/content/6cb3...
Labour’s skills strategy under fire for lack of ‘clout’ and urgency
Business and education experts say diminished role for companies could undermine reforms
www.ft.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 AM
“We need an influential, powerful and authoritative Skills England to help build a stronger, fairer, more inclusive and more productive economy" says @hughesdavid.bsky.social in this @financialtimes.com piece on Skills England. Read more: www.ft.com/content/6cb3...
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Good to see @pmdfoster.bsky.social highlighting risk Skills England will be too low wattage to make a difference. Still time to make sure that's not the case & focus it on employer demand for skills as well as supply. . www.ft.com/content/6cb3...
Labour’s skills strategy under fire for lack of ‘clout’ and urgency
Business and education experts say diminished role for companies could undermine reforms
www.ft.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Good to see @pmdfoster.bsky.social highlighting risk Skills England will be too low wattage to make a difference. Still time to make sure that's not the case & focus it on employer demand for skills as well as supply. . www.ft.com/content/6cb3...
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Here’s some thoughts from me and Chris Husbands on how colleges & universities need to work together www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/11/25/a...
A post-compulsory education system which works for all - HEPI
A coherent skills ecosystem demands urgent collaboration between colleges, universities, and employers to address economic and social fragmentation.
www.hepi.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Here’s some thoughts from me and Chris Husbands on how colleges & universities need to work together www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/11/25/a...
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“We have to move away from the notion that #GCSEs are a rite of passage to be endured,” says ASCL Curriculum and Assessment Specialist @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social following ASCL's submission to the Curriculum and Assessment Review: ow.ly/e68Z50UcyrG
#education #assessment #curriculum #exams
#education #assessment #curriculum #exams
ASCL calls for GCSEs to be spread over two years
Curriculum and assessment review submission sees union call for new literacy and numeracy assessments
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November 22, 2024 at 11:44 AM
“We have to move away from the notion that #GCSEs are a rite of passage to be endured,” says ASCL Curriculum and Assessment Specialist @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social following ASCL's submission to the Curriculum and Assessment Review: ow.ly/e68Z50UcyrG
#education #assessment #curriculum #exams
#education #assessment #curriculum #exams
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We are pleased to announce that AoC Sport’s Student Leadership Programme has become an accredited award through the Leadership Skills Foundation.
Find out more here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
Find out more here:
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November 21, 2024 at 9:26 AM
We are pleased to announce that AoC Sport’s Student Leadership Programme has become an accredited award through the Leadership Skills Foundation.
Find out more here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
Find out more here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
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🧱 Construction industry bodies have announced plans for 32 'new skills hubs' in a bid to fill housebuilding skills gaps with 'fast-track' training for up to 5,000 apprentices each year by 2028
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32 'new' homebuilding skills hubs to ‘fast-track’ apprentice training
Construction industry bodies have announced plans for 32 'new skills hubs' in a bid to fill housebuilding skills gaps with 'fast-track' training for up to 5,000 apprentices each year.
feweek.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
🧱 Construction industry bodies have announced plans for 32 'new skills hubs' in a bid to fill housebuilding skills gaps with 'fast-track' training for up to 5,000 apprentices each year by 2028
feweek.co.uk/32-new-homeb...
feweek.co.uk/32-new-homeb...
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More and more first-time buyers are turning to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad,' to get on the property ladder; allowing some to buy sooner, buy bigger homes, and with a smaller mortgage.
But not everyone has access to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad.'
But not everyone has access to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad.'
November 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
More and more first-time buyers are turning to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad,' to get on the property ladder; allowing some to buy sooner, buy bigger homes, and with a smaller mortgage.
But not everyone has access to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad.'
But not everyone has access to the 'Bank of Mum and Dad.'
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If to be ‘woke’ means “to be alive to the insights, contexts and needs of others; to aim to be well-informed, thoughtful, compassionate, tolerant, respectful & kind, to want to make the world a better place for all people & all living things”, then sign me up for that challenge!
November 20, 2024 at 7:34 AM
If to be ‘woke’ means “to be alive to the insights, contexts and needs of others; to aim to be well-informed, thoughtful, compassionate, tolerant, respectful & kind, to want to make the world a better place for all people & all living things”, then sign me up for that challenge!