Karen has worked at Bedford College for more than 10 years having started as Additional Learning Support Manager and then Head of Care Childcare and Counselling. She then went on to oversee Health & Social Care, Child Care, Counselling, Teacher Training and Access to HE, Prince’s Trust, Learning Centres, pre-Employment Training and was lead for Adult Education. She joins Emma Lowe and Georgina Ager as the three Vice Principals of The Group.
Retiring as Vice Principal this year is Mike Johnston, longstanding and respected leader of Shuttleworth College which merged with Bedford College in 2009 and is now one of the most successful land-based learning establishments in the country supporting the farming, rural and outdoor activity sectors.
