The FE Research Podcast with Jo and Alistair

Fear and loathing in Further Education: evaluating the impact of a coaching culture on teachers’ professional development. We talk to Gav about his research looking at coaching cultures and discuss some of the emerging themes from his research so far. 

We talk to Vicky Butterby about her PhD research and the impact it has had. The title of Vicky's research is Nothing to lose - A constructed grounded theory of loss in the lives of young people that offend.

We hear from Tanja Hofmann and Paul Rea about the research taking place at Suffolk One Sixth Form College, their ethos, and some of the examples of how it impacts on improving outcomes.

Jo and Alistair discuss some research looking at a project examining the best way to teach students maths to use in the workplace. The project focuses on meeting the needs outlined by employers and not by examinations or government policy - being able to equip students with the skills they will need in the workplace not just to gain a GCSE grade.