College principals, senior SEND leaders and two WorldSkills UK gold medallists are among the recipients of the 2024 new year honours for services to further education and skills.
This year’s honours list includes four CBEs, nine OBEs, eight MBEs and one British Empire Medal for sector figures, but no knighthoods or damehoods.
The leader of the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA), Bill Watkin, has been made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) alongside the principal and CEO of The Sheffield College, Angela Foulkes, and the principal and CEO of Middlesbrough College, Zoe Lewis.
Watkin, who has led SFCA since 2016, said it is “a privilege to accept this award on behalf of a lot of very special colleagues and friends.”
