Adam is 26yrs old and started at The Manchester College in 2013, he has kindly sent me this to share. I was born and lived in Spain before coming to the UK and starting my journey through FE and into HE. My original expectations were quite low, as I was extremely nervous, never having been…
Month: July 2017
How FE influenced my career
FE has really helped shaped my career and I’d recommend it to every young person. When I first started studying at college in Manchester I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do. I actually vividly remember being at high school and a teacher telling me it was statistically unlikely I’d end up at university…
How FE has transformed the life of Adam Rosenberg
Adam is 26yrs old and started at The Manchester College in 2013, he has kindly sent me this to share. I was born and lived in Spain before coming to the UK and starting my journey through FE and into HE. My original expectations were quite low, as I was extremely nervous, never having been…
Why FE tutors are so important
From a young age, FE was something that I had wanted to pursue. As a child, the job that had always appealed to me was teaching. Throughout all of primary school and high school, teachers were people that I deeply admired and respected. And while that may not have changed, FE opened my eyes to…
College was the best time of my life!
‘Coasting’ was always mentioned while I was at school. Usually at parents evening. I was often told I could do much better, but I was just coasting. Just doing what I needed to do to get by. It was true. I enjoyed school and was always on time, but it wasn’t exciting. I was just…
Reimagining FE Conference 2017: keynote presentations
Professor Lyn Tett Lyn is Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Community Education at the University of Huddersfield. A key area of focus in her research is the factors that encourage or prevent access to higher education for educationally disadvantaged adults – with a particular focus on class and gender. Lyn’s…
Reimagining FE Conference: morning workshop notes
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Reimagining FE Conference 2017: keynote presentations
Dr Maggie Feeley Maggie is a research and teaching fellow in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice in University College Dublin. She has carried out research and written extensively in the field of adult literacy including a 4-year ethnographic study with survivors of institutional abuse in Irish industrial schools. Findings from…