Friday 1 March
9.30-11am
In this Time to Talk on the successful creation of a tertiary education group, Liz Bromley, Chief Executive of NCG, and Lisa Sproats, Chief Financial Officer, explain how NCG has achieved institutional cohesion alongside a sustainable financial position. There will be plenty of time to quiz them about consolidation of pension schemes, TUPE, merger accounting, and how they worked with advisers and government agencies.
NCG was founded in 2015 with the amalgamation of Newcastle College, Newcastle Sixth Form College, West Lancashire College, and Kidderminster College. Carlisle College joined them in 2017 and Lewisham and Southwark Colleges in 2018. The seven colleges now form “an ambitious organisation with a unique proposition that straddles the Further and Higher Education sectors, delivered across a national footprint.”
NCG has over 2,000 members of staff who work to support over 30,000 learners and thousands of businesses every year, regionally and nationally and operates as ‘one NCG’ whilst retaining the colleges’ unique identities.
As in the higher education sector, political and economic uncertainty have been key challenges for NCG, and the FE sector as a whole. Static per student fees, the rising rate of inflation, leading to increased pay demands, ongoing increases in utility costs and reclassification of the Further Education (FE) sector into the public sector all impacted on the ability to plan with any level of certainty. NCG prides itself on remaining focused on its long-term financial sustainability, quality of teaching, and high student achievement.
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