A newly-appointed education principal and CEO has shared her vision for the future of the Nottingham College as a "life-changing" opportunity for the city. With more than 35 years of experience and originally from Darlington, Janet Smith has spoken exclusively to Nottinghamshire Live's Olimpia Zagnat about the role of further education (FE) in a city with "pockets of deprivation and low aspirations".
Before taking the helm at the college, Ms Smith joined from Inspire Education Group where she worked as a CEO and Principal of the merged New College Stamford and Peterborough Regional College. However, she said that Nottingham is "not unknown" to her.
"Nottingham itself is not unknown to me because I worked around nine years at the Grantham College and more recently in Stamford.", she said.
