Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, has spoken about his support for the current campaign to fund and expand further education provision and increase the number of FE teachers. Drawing on evidence from the Transforming Lives and Communities project, he talks about how education sits at the heart of the party’s vision for bringing…
Month: January 2017
Access to HE helps people become artists and designers
People who have dreams or aspirations about becoming artists, designers, film makers or craftspeople sometimes are dissuaded from this. The barriers to fulfilling these dreams may seem insurmountable; in some cases parents want their children to study for a trade in an industry that seems less precarious than the arts. The class, gender and race…
The journey continues
Despite the often horrendous journeys that some of our students make to reach the UK and Scotland in particular. I am really amazed at their commitment to learn English as a second language and their desire to get an education. Over the years, many men and women who have arrived at Glasgow Kelvin College beginning…
BERA Blog: Transformational Further Education: Empowering People & Communities
BERA have just published our editorial series of blogs based on transforming lives and communities; which draws on the FE research project Here is a link to it.
Interim report: Further education in England – Transforming lives and communities
The Interim research report for the FE: Transforming Lives has just been published. In this interim research report we provide key evidence, drawn from the data, of the transformational power of Further Education (FE). We highlight FE as a critical catalyst for positive changes in learners’ lives, their families and their local and wider community.…
Learning Support Staff: Debbie and Maria
Maria and Debbie are learning support staff. They attend lessons across a range of different courses offering support to learners with a wide range of often complex needs. In an interview with their tutor, Kay, they highlight the vital importance of this role in further education that is vital in terms of social justice but…
A call for greater investment in FE
The Transforming Lives and Communities project provides powerful evidence of the impact that Further Education (FE) has on people’s lives. These changes may begin in individual learners but they extend and take root beyond them – impacting on their families, communities and wider society. FE challenges inequality and is a vital space and source for social…
Adult Education an important story to share
Big or small your story is worth sharing. Community is at the heart of EPALE (https://ec.europa.eu/epale/en), the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe, and we strive to create an environment for the exchange of best practice and sharing of adult learning content. It is a multilingual open membership community for teachers, trainers, researchers, academics,…
We are One
A new world order will begin on the 20th of January with the inauguration of Mr. Trump, should I be wary of this enigma and his impact on the world stage? Yes, I answer myself and so should all my colleagues in F.E. throughout Britain. His discriminatory language against women and ethnic groups has provided…
FE is essential for all
I was made redundant from my post as university lecturer. I have a BA and MA but found employment choices difficult following redundancy. An FE course from the TUC enabled me to retrain and reinvent myself as a trade union officer. I don’t know what I would have done without FE. ❤ FE