Further Education in England: Transforming lives & Communities research project, is commissioned by UCU and aims to understand and provide evidence of how the further education (FE) sector is vital in transforming lives and communities in 21st century Britain. To provide a frame of reference, which is underpinned and driven by excellence in the sector, the…
Women and Further Education
The vital role of Further Education in empowering women, their family and communities
Lessons Learned
*some names have been changed Working with young people is challenging and tiring but it can also be rewarding; there is always something more that can be learned and I learn as much from them as I would hope they do from me. The biggest rewards and sometimes the most important lessons come in the…
Lessons Learned
Anya Cook, Higher Education Mentor, Newcastle College, UCU Branch Secretary, National Executive *some names have been changed Working with young people is challenging and tiring but it can also be rewarding; there is always something more that can be learned and I learn as much from them as I would hope they do from me.…
Further Education providers are crucial for challenging inequality
Vicky and Rob share why further education providers are crucial for challenging inequality and transforming lives in 21st century post-austerity Britain. Follow link to article: https://feweek.co.uk/2017/12/16/further-education-transforms-lives-and-we-must-protect-it/
Rithenella
Rithenella’s inspirational storyFurther education offers spaces for learning that accommodate people from a diverse range of backgrounds. This includes adults returning to education to move their lives and prospects forward. In this video, Rithenella, now studying Social Work at University, talks about the challenges she faced as a looked-after child and how she returned…
Start of the Future
College, Further Education, for many people it’s just another step in the ladder of education yet for some it can be the stepping stone to unlocking a great future. I myself started college with an idea of what I wanted to do in the future, I knew I wanted to base myself within the world…
How FE support is vital for student wellbeing
It had always been my intention to move straight from school to college to pursue my A Levels and then go on to university to study something I’m really passionate about. With 11 decent GCSEs in my bag I began Media Studies, Film Studies and English Literature at the Manchester College Shena Simon campus in…
Believe in FE
Growing up as a youth, I established my goal of working within the Pharmacology sector. I strongly remember coming to this decision in Year 8, when we were asked to choose our options, where I really started to consider career options. In the meeting to review my choices, which were: GCSE – Double Science, ICT,…
Mental Wealth Conference 2017
The UCU FE transforming lives and communities research was shared at the the Mental Wealth Conference 2017 CityLit. In an event organised by Khorshed Bhote, we discussed the findings of the research and then joined an inpirational panel which inluded Amy King, a STEM role model: http://www.mentalwealthfestival.co.uk/speakers2017/ We shared the strong link between the power…