Email: kevinfinnigan@hotmail.com
Kevin is an educational consultant with extensive experience in further and higher education. He writes and delivers a variety of training programmes on effective governance and leadership and management skills. He is also a Governor of a further education College.
He recently worked with Prospects services as their Director of Employment and Training. He restructured the training section, led the welfare to work strategy and contributed to bids, including post 16 work on OFSTED contracts.
Kevin has been a London Principal for eight years. In his last role he achieved outstanding for leadership and management and gained Beacon status for the College. He began his employment as a quality manager in paper manufacturing. He then went into youth work in East London before entering further education. He began as a lecturer at Bourneville College in Birmingham, gained promotion to Thomas Danby College in Leeds and then Deputy Principal at Chelmsford College in Essex. He then became Principal of Orpington College in south London and then Ealing Hammersmith and West London College.
He has worked with the Open University for ten years as a tutor counsellor on a variety of social sciences courses. Delivered management programmes to the West Yorkshire Police, and contributed to social policy courses at Birmingham University.
Kevin was a south London Learning and Skills council member for six years, and has served on the London review for supported learning. He is passionate about the place of the student voice in Colleges and continues to work closely in this area. He recently visited Beijing and Mumbai in order to make links with vocational Colleges and develop learning opportunities.
Kevin is currently undertaking a variety of assignments within the education and skills sector. These include reviews of the 14-19 structures within Local Authorities, the commissioning role of welfare to work services and advice on leadership and management for proposed College mergers.
