# Collab Group

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{{Short description|UK educational organization}}
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The '''Collab Group''' was a membership organisation representing a network of 29 colleges and college groups of [further education](/source/further_education) in [the United Kingdom](/source/the_United_Kingdom). 

The organization was set up as the '''157 Group''' in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linford |first=Nick |date=2016-01-15 |title=Expansion plans revealed by new 157 group chief Ian Pretty |url=https://feweek.co.uk/expansion-plans-revealed-by-new-157-group-chief-ian-pretty/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=feweek.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> Its creation was announced at that year's [Association of Colleges](/source/Association_of_Colleges) annual conference chaired by the then [Secretary of State for Education](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Education) [Alan Johnson](/source/Alan_Johnson), with its former name taken from the 157th paragraph of a British government paper on education, ''The [Foster](/source/Andrew_Foster_(British_public_servant)) Report'' (formally the ''Review of the future role of FE colleges''), published a year previously.<ref name="Guardian1">{{Cite news |last=Kingston |first=Peter |date=2006-11-28 |title=A very public seduction |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/nov/28/furthereducation.uk2 |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

The group changed its name to the Collab Group in October 2016, and announced that it would focus on commercial collaboration between colleges.<ref name="belgutay">{{Cite news|last=Belgutay|first=Julia|url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/157-group-be-renamed-collab-group-ambitious-new-strategy|title=157 Group to be renamed the Collab Group in ambitious new strategy|date=14 October 2016|newspaper=TES|access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref> 

The Collab Group closed down its activities at the end of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Rob |date=2024-01-19 |title=Collab Group closes after 20 years representing colleges |url=https://feweek.co.uk/collab-group-closes-after-20-years/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=feweek.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://collabgroup.co.uk/}}

Category:2006 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:2023 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Further education colleges in the United Kingdom
Category:Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Further education colleges in the Collab Group

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