Anita: Now I have my confidence. I have my voice and I have my future. Anita speaks about how her life changed for the better after returning to education as a mature student. Labelled as a ‘no-hoper’ at school because her dyslexia was positioned as a deficit – in the private domain her personal growth…
Category: Learner voices
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…
Marie: education and empowerment
Marie: the importance of educationMarie, a single mother of three arrived in Further Education after breaking out of an abusive relationship. Marie struggled with literacy and her confidence was at rock bottom. Gaining a level 2 in literacy, Marie progressed to an access course and University. Now a senior staff nurse in the local hospital,…
UCU FE transforms at the Conservative Party Conference Fringe
We are presenting at the 2017 Conservative Party Conference fringe event in Manchester to advocate on behalf of further education. We will convey the crucial messages from our research. If you are in the area, please come along to join in the dialogue and support
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…
David
David: literacy, fatherhood and empowermentIn this video, David talks about the importance of literacy for him as a person and a father. He talks about his family background and going to work as a boy which limited his engagement with school. Further education has changed the way he interacts with the outside world. David talks…
Jade
Jade: motherhood, literacy and empowermentJade is a mother who attends adult literacy classes run jointly by a local Further Education provider and a local charitable trust in Rochdale. Being a mum motivates her and she has seen her confidence increase while studying and has learnt new literacies. Now, she has aspirations for her future and…
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,…
FE: making brave choices
Further education can be scary to any teenager because it is about making decisions; decisions that they feel they are not prepared for, decisions that in some way will influence their future. I don’t know if I felt particularly ready to make choices about my future when I chose FE, however, I do know that…
Elise: BBC Production Management Assistant
Further Education had always been part of the plan for me from a young age, however I never imagined it would be as crucial to who I am today as it has been. From Hyde Technology School (now Hyde Community College) I enrolled at the Shena Simon Campus of the Manchester College. The majority of…