Mike Craddock

Mike Craddock is the managing director of the Further Education Partnership with extensive experience in Further Education, especially in MIS and Curriculum, having worked in the sector for over 35 years. The Further Education Partnership are establishing a reputation for delivering high calibre, professional services and high quality interim and consultancy services to the FE sector at very competitive rates.
Mike also provides interim MIS services and operational support for MIS, including; software implementation projects, department and process reviews, delivery of BI Solutions (MIS) and dashboard/kpi reporting.

Mike Craddock has previously worked as an interim MIS consultant delivering the following projects;

• BMET – MIS restructure support.
• Southampton City College – MIS review.
• Canterbury College – Civica REMS implementation support.
• Barnfield College – MIS review and ILR / FIS support.

Robin Wilson

Robin Wilson is a director of the Further Education Partnership, having previously worked in a variety of roles in the FE Sector, up to director level. He has delivered a variety of technical solutions to solve business critical issues, supported mergers, integrated disparate systems, advised SLT teams and led project groups, supporting staff at all levels within organisations.

Work involves developing reports in SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), Power BI, charts, dashboards, ad-hoc web-based systems written in C#, JS, CSS, HTML, designing curriculum planning processes, integrating different systems together such as finance and HR systems.

Robin has a proven track record working within the education sector for the last 18 years which includes the following colleges/providers:

Stoke on Trent College

Education Partnership North East

West London College

Kensington and Chelsea College

NCG

John Maher

John Maher is a director of the Further Education Partnership with extensive experience in Further Education, especially in MIS, having worked in the sector for almost 22 years. John also provides interim MIS services and operational support for MIS, including; curriculum planning, software implementation projects, department and process reviews, delivery of BI Solutions (MIS) and dashboard/KPI reporting.

John Maher  has previously worked as an interim MIS consultant delivering the following support;

• Alton College – Information Needs Analysis and Report Writing
• BMET – Curriculum Plan Review, Audit Support and Report Writing
• Brighton College – MIS Data Review
• Brooklands College – Report Writing
• Buckinghamshire County Council – Report Writing (Goldmine)
• Canterbury College – ProObserve and ProAchieve Reports

Mark Powell

Mark Powell is a director of the Further Education Partnership, having previously worked in a variety of roles in the FE Sector, up to director level. He has had a proven track record of delivering successful outcomes, as a high calibre interim MIS consultant, for example moving one provider from a position where the ESFA had clawed back £800k to achieving 100% of its funding target and helping to increase the college’s success rate by 14%. Mark is well regarded by senior managers he has worked with and he has a very sound knowledge of ESFA funding and audit requirements.
Mark is technically very gifted, able to write operational and strategic reports, bespoke curriculum planning software and excellent in project managing MIS software implementations, UNITe and ProSolution. Prior to working in Further Education, Mark worked in the IT Industry as a Data Analyst.

Mark’s technical skills include; SQL Server, MS SSRS, SISS and SASS, Report-writing, VBA and Visual Basic, ESFA Funding – all strands, Statistical Analysis, Microsoft Excel – expert use

Chris Hick

Chris Hick is a director of the Further Education Partnership with extensive management experience within the Further Education sector. Chris is highly experienced in the use of a range of MIS software, SQL Server Reporting Services and Google docs. He has excellent knowledge of the ESFA Funding methodology and a proven track record in supporting colleges to deliver to regulatory requirements and MIS management including ILR production, Audit management, curriculum planning, enrolment, exams and reporting. Chris has experience in the market leading MIS software systems (e.g., ProSolution, UNIT-e, EBS etc) and has also supported colleges through mergers and system migrations.