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When you are applying for teaching posts, or undertaking a programme of teacher training, you should demonstrate in your application and interview that you are familiar not only with different theories of learning, such as constructivism, but also that you understand the implications of them for teaching. In order to impart knowledge and promote understanding,…>

Findings from recent Ofsted research (2018) have found that teachers are highly stressed and anxious. Stress in teaching is not new, indeed research into teacher stress dates back to the 1970s. More recently, issues of teacher recruitment and retention are associated with stress. To help manage stress we can help ourselves to some extent and…>

Feeling the pressure An article in TES reported on a survey carried out in 2018 which found that almost two-thirds of students in FE feel very or extremely stressed about exams. The survey further found the most significant stress factors are, firstly, students putting pressure on themselves and, secondly, teachers. So, with this research finding…>

Setting home-study tasks brings frustration. Frustration for teachers when students say they have not done it; frustration for students who perhaps do not see the relevance of tasks set. Flip-learning is a new way to approach the setting of home-study tasks. Rather than being retrospective, it is future looking. It is pre-lesson preparation, reflection and…>

The ‘T’ level reform to vocational education planned to be rolled out from 2020 is ambitious and probably the most significant reform to post-16 education since the introduction of ‘A’ levels. The first T Level courses in education and childcare, construction and digital will be taught in over 50 further education and post-16 providers from…>

Last year I wrote several articles about ‘T’ levels. In the last article, I addressed the key issues facing FE colleges in preparation for their rollout in September 2020. It seems that these issues are still key, the difference now being the timescale with which colleges have to make the final preparations so ‘T’ levels are…>

The recent pandemic had a significant impact on the education sector.  Within the global education sector, 1.53 billion learners were out of school. It has impacted 87.6% of the world’s total enrolled learners.  Within the UK’s Further Education environment, teachers had to switch from face-to-face to online teaching within a short period of time. The…>

You know what you want to teach and you’ve set your sights on Further Education (FE). What now? The paths into teaching in this field are varied. There are a range of job roles involved; you can teach at different levels and from there develop new responsibilities, specialise or progress into management.  It’s common to…>

To help with your decision to teach in the further education sector we’ve put together some information to help you understand the training and the funding that’s available.  If you’re good at relating to people and would like to help people with their development, this could be the career for you.  Experience and Work Shadowing …>

The Further Education (FE) sector is vast. Our modern lives now demand a bespoke education service; something that fits our specific financial, time and location requirements. The more the FE sector has to offer, the broader the range of participants. This is one of the key strengths of this field. There’s something for everyone. But…>