Defining Success in SENDAs part of the the Transformative Teaching and Learning Scholar programme Chantal Brown has been conducting research within her teaching setting at Sandwell College in the West Midlands. She is passionate about education and provision for young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and has been researching matters relating to…
Category: Learner voices
Teaching and Learning Scholar: Ruksana Patel

Ruksana Patel Place of work: College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London Role: Business Lecturer, Advanced Teacher (SET) I have recently acquired an Advanced Teacher Status from SET and have been a practitioner researcher with SUNCETT. I have been working in FE for 10 years. I graduated in India with a degree in business. I…
Jacqui: the next chapter
Teaching and Learning Scholar: Jennifer Addo
Teaching and Learning Scholar Jen AddoPlace of work: South and City College Birmingham Role: Head of School for Building Services and Professional Studies Hi I’m Jen Addo. I am Head of School for Building Services and Professional Studies at South and City College Birmingham. I have been working in FE for quite some time… I…
Teaching and Learning Scholar: Mel Carter
Place of work: Leicester College Role: English teacher / lecturer I have had quite a traditional route through education: GCSEs at school, A-Levels at College and then a degree at University. However, my educational journey was far from smooth, experiencing challenges around my ‘race’, class and gender at every step of the way. As an…
How my experience in Further Education transformed my life
Prior to studying English, Writing & Media on an Access to Higher Education course, I had been out of the education system for four years. In the meantime, I had attempted several jobs, some of which didn’t suit me, some of which did. However I always relished the pay day at the end of the…
Teaching and Learning Scholar: Chantal Brown
Place of work: Sandwell College, Role: Lecturer in Foundation Learning I have supported young people with SEND in a variety of roles for over 15 years. My background is in media/drama and as well as teaching, I have been a project manager for a government funded community initiative and designed bespoke programmes of education for…
FE Made Me Care About Myself
Transformative teaching & learning scholar: Phil Lawrence

This is the first post in a series in which we introduce researching practitioners from further education colleges across the country. We are going to support these scholars to carry out research into transformative teaching and learning in their practice over the coming year. We are aiming to share their progress as their ideas…
Resources of Hope

Share your resources and your thoughts!Dear students, teachers, educationalists, researchers and the local and wider community, We hope you are keeping well and safe in what is a unprecedented time. We are aware that many will be self-isolating and with the current lock-down, home will be your haven. In these times when a lot…