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He had previously been Vice Principal Learning and Student Experience. It has been a meteoric rise for the former EITB (NASEC) (now ECITB) Mechanical Engineering Apprentice who left school in 1985 to train at Falkirk College of Technology – which later became Forth Valley College. Kenny also won an Apprentice of the Year award at the College, before completing his apprenticeship, and progressing to study for a degree in Computer Aided Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University and two Masters Degrees in Education Leadership and Social Research respectively. Kenny worked within the petro-chemical, manufacturing and aero industries before he joined the College as a lecturer in 2007. His notable skills and professionalism saw him rise quickly through the ranks at FVC, moving on to become a Curriculum Manager in 2012, Head of Department in 2014, Director of Curriculum in 2018 and Vice Principal in 2019. He has been responsible for the delivery of the College’s STEM strategy and relished his role as Director of Curriculum at the College in Engineering and Science, before taking on the position of Vice Principal and now Principal. |
Previous Principals/CEOsKen Thomson
As a Senior Lecturer in Life Sciences he led a four college consortium in developing a £1.5 million technical training project for bio-technology. He became Head of Science (2001), then Director of Learning Services (2003) before becoming Associate Principal (2005) at Forth Valley College and Depute Principal from 2007 with strategic responsibility for the College’s future curriculum, school/college partnership, quality assurance and learning innovation. Ken is a member of the Colleges Scotland Principals Group, a member of the Community Planning Leadership Group in Stirling and Falkirk and Chair of the Stirling Local Employability Partnership. In December 2014 Ken was appointed a Trustee and non-executive Director of Jisc and represents the College as a partner on the Centre for Work-based Learning in Scotland. Ken is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. In November 2014, Forth Valley College were awarded the prestigious Association of Colleges Beacon Award for Innovation in FE as a result of their whole college approach to an exciting vision to “Making Learning Work”. |
Kenny MacInnes was appointed as Forth Valley College’s new Principal and Chief Executive on Monday 1 May 2023.
Dr Ken Thomson took up his role as Principal of Forth Valley College in August 2013. He has a Degree in Zoology from Nottingham University and a PhD in Veterinary Entomology from Edinburgh University.