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EdD student. Further Education. Views own, RT not endorsements.

Birmingham, England
Joined April 2017
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For those of us of a certain age, this is a superb evocation of the nature and iniquities of the grammar school system. I was a grammar school boy myself but let's never forget the huge social and educational progress represented by comprehensive schooling bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026m…
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David Lodge, Campus Trilogy novelist and academic, dies aged 89 theguardian.com/books/2025/j…
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I'm stopping posting on here for obvious reasons...but I'm on bluesky #FE
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Post-16 Educator: complete archive now online. General Educator (Iss. 1 - 67, Spring 1988 - Nov. 2000), becoming Post-16 Educator in Jan. 2001. post16educator.org.uk/ Archive | Post-16 Educator A unique resource for #post16 teachers, activists, researchers, students.
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Pin badge. Bournville Day Continuation College made by Fattorini & Sons, Birmingham #histed #FE #bournville
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25 years ago! Aged 19 & NEET I enrolled in this degree at my local college. Life changing #FE #FurtherEducation
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A book I always find myself returning to #FE #FurtherEducation
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HE graduation-2002- Solihull College #FurtherEducation #FE
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"Nobody is too old for our classes". Prospectus-Keighley Technical College 1979-80 #FE #UKFE #HistED
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now on bluesky @furtheredhistory.bsky.social
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Protests were held in London #OnThisDay 2010 in opposition to planned spending cuts to further education and an increase of the cap on tuition fees by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. The protest involved between 30,000 and 50,000 demonstrators.
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#MapOnATuesday We recently found this Birmingham city centre map in a City of Birmingham Information Department 1972 Guide to Birmingham. Wonder how many of those buildings still exist in 2024. Reference - LP 83.4 @LibraryofBham
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What other sector of Education has got you covered throughout your life? Courses for unemployed young people/Pre-Retirement Courses-From Keighley Technical College prospectus 1977-78 #FE #HistEd #AdultEd
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Some haven't liked the term 'decimation' used by @Samfr- as he says it is accurate on 16-18 funding. But overall college income drop since 2010 is 3 times worse (30%) & for adults it is 6 times worse (60%). Not sure of the words for that - unbelievable? Criminal? #LoveOurColleges
To say post-16 education has been decimated is, if anything, an understatement, as this report explains. Govt education policy has been crackers for as long as I can remember. It's time to put education at the heart of the economy. If we don't, we'll all suffer...
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Slightly away from FE but for fans of Brutalist Architecture and Noise...My track inspired by Madin's Birmingham Central Library (using a field recording of its demolition) features on this digital compilation from Industrial Coast industrialcoast.bandcamp.com…
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Replying to @hartlepoolfe
@hartlepoolfe is 175 years old & we have loads of artefacts from down the years. Love this from 2009 focusing on our superb fabrication & welding curriculum & facilities which are still going strong today 😍 One for @FESkillsHistory
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New on Substack, my post on slum clearance and municipal housing in Birmingham before the First World War: open.substack.com/pub/munici…
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Gravelly Hill Interchange, 'Spaghetti Junction', Birmingham; designed by Sir Owen Williams and Partners, built 1968-72 - Photo: Simon Phipps
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NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows just how straightforward our ancient universities can be wonkhe.com/blogs/higher-educ…
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Post-16 Educator Iss. 117 Oct.-Dec. 2024 Further & Higher Education 2024: which side Are we on? Website: post16Educator.org.uk with Gus John, Stephen Lambert, Tom White, Lynn Senior, Kevin Orr, Eddie Playfair, Michael Hepworth, Jane Lethbridge, Colin Waugh
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