A college leader who worked their way up from plumbing lecturer to principal is set to become AoC president.
Corrienne Peasgood, who led City College Norwich as principal and chief executive for a decade, will take on the role from former Activate Learning chief executive Sally Dicketts on 16 October who has been in post since August 2020.
Corrienne has been on the AoC board since 2016 and has represented the organisation regionally as well as nationally, including briefing MPs on the Skills and Post-16 Education Act as it made its way through Parliament. She has represented Norfolk and Suffolk FE Colleges on the New Anglia LEP Board and was the Vice Chair of the Norfolk Children and Young People’s Strategic Alliance.