Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesPeter and the WigPrior to 1985 colleges were a department of local education authorities. The sector was characterised, in general, by senior managers who…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesCourse AllocationDuring local education authority control, officers still maintained the power to determine which college offered a particular course or…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesPrincipalshipSoon after leaving local authority control some principals seemed to be spending more time out of college than in. One principal, who had…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesFEU or PhewThe Further Education Development Unit (FEU) Many readers will remember the Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit. It…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesHE and FEHE and FE institutions have a long association of working successfully together and almost without exception amicably. However on one…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesView on TertiaryDuring the early 90’s I was asked by the Local Education Authority to evaluate the INSET programme for Further Education. The programme was…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesCollege Merger: Two Uplifting StoriesPlease May I Have a Lift? “How do wheelchair users get to the upstairs of the new library, without a lift?” — A manager of the larger…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesCurriculum-Led Organisational ChangeAnyone for Chips The vice-principal (curriculum and quality), being new and enthusiastic, attempted to introduce the concept of…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesPop Goes the PlazaIn the mid 90s Government agencies did all it could to undermine FE colleges; even to the point of calling them ‘Learning Providers.’ New…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Steve JohninChalkface Chuckles The Humour of Further Education in WalesAnnual Lectures and Prize Day GaffsFamine Theory in Action A College in a proud south Wales valley town initiated a series of annual lectures in memory of a notable figure in…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023