Teacher Educator - Further Education, specific interests in e-learning, also union supporter (UCU). Views are my own

West Midlands, England
Joined September 2015
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"Reading Rita and saving Arthur Seaton: Exploring mature students’ scholarly ‘becoming’ and the failures of working-class education" a new blog by @nyshachantel and Pete Bennett @wlv_education bera.ac.uk/blog/reading-rita…
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Exciting news! Ahead of our Writing Hub at Dudley College next week, @WildeJuels has been buzzing around making connections & I have prepared themes & set up our fantastic group of Buddies who are ready to support your writing from a spark of an idea to publication @LSRNetwork
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🎉 The latest GCSE resit blog is out today! Functional Skills Lecturers Darabjeet Kaur and Gowian Wright-Salmon from @sandwellcollege share why communication with learners and colleagues is important for GCSE resit success A GCSE Odyssey: Time to Talk?  gcseresits.education/2024/07…
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Debbie Grace retweeted
If you live or work in the Black Country, are part of the FE sector and want to write for publication, look no further than the writing hub being organised by @FocusED1366525 🧡 Spread the word🧡 @wlv_education @AmplifyFE @JoyfulFE @GraceTeacherEd @ColetteSunner @FE_ChanB
Exciting news, our first FocusED writing hub for FE researchers in the Black Country 24th July at Dudley College Our hub is a space for us to share ideas & elevate our writing in a space that celebrates & nurtures our passion for research & writing eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-h…
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Debbie Grace retweeted
#SEND Networking Conference tomorrow @sandwellcollege 😜😬excited & nervous in equal measures
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Just 20 days to wait … The FE Literacy Movement conference is on its way! Check out contributors @RE_Morris1, Debbie Grace and Tom Perry’s abstract to see what they’ll be exploring! 🩵 @EduKayte @KirstyteachesFE @LSRNetwork @AmplifyFE @EnglishAssoc @DerbyUni
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Debbie Grace retweeted
👏👏👏 Well said @andrewmorrised
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🌟Join us for our upcoming free, online Spotlight events for GCSE resit maths and English teachers and leaders. Hear from inspirational speakers and connect with colleagues! To register, scan the QR code on the poster; more details coming soon. We can’t wait to see you there!🌟
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Our latest blog in the series has just been released! This time, Gareth Davey, Head of English, at Buckinghamshire College Group, reflects on ‘Giving Students the Choice’. @Gdavey2 Giving Students the Choice gcseresits.education/2024/05…
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We are excited to share the fourth in our @GCSEresit_hub blog series! Aidan Batey, Head of Maths at New College Durham shares his thoughts on assessment for GCSE resit maths students. "Why didn't they just have a go?" - Considering Maths Assessment in FE gcseresits.education/2024/05…
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We are delighted to launch ‘Staying with the troublemakers: A celebration of research in FE’, a @LSRNetwork publication showcasing practitioner research within the FE sector. #LSRNetwork Read the publication here: aoc.co.uk/research-unit/rese…
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Delighted to share another blog from the @GCSEResit_Hub. This one is by Prof @geoffwake1 @UniofNottingham and explores the value and challenges of randomised control trials in education research, including details of the post-16 Mastering Maths RCT: gcseresits.education/2024/04…
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This is an interesting read where @pollytoynbee explores and challenges the compulsory nature of the resits policy, and looks at some potential alternative models. This connects well with many of the issues we’re examining with the @GCSEResit_Hub project theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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We are really excited to launch our series of weekly blog posts 🎉. Ray Truby, English Language Lecturer from Wolverhampton College, gets us off to a great start with a think piece about motivation in GCSE English resit classes @wolvcoll @RayEduRes gcseresits.education/2024/04…
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Fascinating blog about education culture from Research Further Scholar Martin Hoskin @NCFE #ThinkFurther
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1/ Exciting news! Here’s our first newsletter with details of our brand new website! Huge thanks 🙏🏽 to all our post-16 sector colleagues for their invaluable advice, guidance and resources so far. sway.cloud.microsoft/GmfjEYa…
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2/ We want to continue with this collaborative approach and are eager for your feedback and ideas for further materials. The website is evolving so let us know what you think! 🗣️ gcseresits.education
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It was a pleasure to be part of the @GTN_MK meeting on Friday and share our work on GCSE resits so far. Our website will launch in February so if you’d like to stay in touch contact us here: forms.office.com/e/xzt2bjpNs…
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