Social justice and further education Ruksana works at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London where she teaches BTEC Business Level 1 – Level 3. In her video Ruksana looks at social justice and further education. She gives us an overview of concepts drawn from different theorists (Bourdieu, Spivak, Mezirow, Bernstein and…
Category: Teacher voices
Chantal Brown: Transformative Teaching and Learning Scholar
Chantal works at Sandwell College in the West Midlands. She works with students who have special educational needs whose needs often have not been addressed in other settings. Chantal has studied policy at Masters level and is keen to continue on her educational journey. In this video, Chantal discusses the challenges and triumphs of facilitating…
Heather James: transformative teaching and learning scholar
Practitioner researcher in further education In this powerful video Heather James talks about the research project she is undertaking that looks at how some students who have been referred to as ‘the forgotten third’ experience learning English at GCSE level. Heather interrogates the notion of cultural capital and the kinds of texts that feature in…
Jacqui: the next chapter
Jacqui – the next chapterI have to thank FE for where I am today. Overnight I went from being a support worker to a lecturer. After I qualified as a lecturer, I took a gap year and went travelling. Back in the UK, I secured a place at Coventry University where I am doing my…
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 : Catherine Shiel
I am a Business Tutor and Course Leader at West Lancashire College which is a division of one of the largest FE providers in the UK. Whilst part of a national group, WLC is a small FE college at the heart of a community in the North West of England, Skelmersdale. I became a teacher…
Teaching and Learning Scholar: Heather James
Place of work: South and City College Birmingham Role: English Teacher for GCSE English Language resit students and Functional Skills adult learners My working life so far has been in community arts, youth work and education. In various roles, I have had the same ethos and always aimed to create spaces where people feel safe…
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…
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…
Reimagining further education 2019
Reimagining further education: audio collageWe have created an audio collage of different voices of students and teachers from across the country. They give a sense of the difficult issues currently faced by colleges as well as of the inspiring narratives that continue to inspire. This audio collage was first aired as part of the Reimagining…