The next chief executive for one of England’s largest college groups, The Bedford College Group, has been announced.
Yiannis Koursis (main image, left) will join The Bedford College Group as chief in January 2024 when Ian Pryce (right), the country’s longest-serving college principal, retires after 25 years at the helm.
Koursis has been principal and chief executive at the ‘outstanding’ Ofsted-rated Barnsley College since April 2019, following several months as acting and interim chief, and serving for more than two-and-a-half years as deputy principal prior to that.
The college group said that handover work has already begun given its size – it is the seventh largest in the country based on funding levels.
