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Contents - September 2008
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| Commentary "Enough is enough" |
| Just suppose… Things would be very different if ministers really did make teaching and learning their first priority. Above all, transforming current practice would mean enhancing the relationship between tutors and learners, argues Frank Coffield |
| Who runs this place anyway? The Government has just published its White Paper on community ‘empowerment’ – but does it represent an agenda for liberation or domestication, wonders Rennie Johnston |
| Are we there yet? Five years after the Government announced plans to replace the National Qualifications Framework, Peter Wilson anticipates the arrival of the new Qualifications and Credit Framework |
| Take a long, hard look The mooted development of a set of core British values demands a thorough re-examination of what it means to be British. And that means making a real effort to see ourselves as others see us, argues Paul Mackney |
| Do we understand each other? A summer conference considered the implications for further education of current policy interest in community cohesion. Here, two of the event’s participants, Muhammad Abdul Bari and Cherry Sewell, share their perspectives on the difference colleges can make |
| A force for change The FE workforce will play a pivotal role in meeting the challenges facing the sector in the next few years – that’s why we need a workforce strategy that is owned by the sector, says Alison Twiney |
| Toll Bar on Sea In the summer of 2007, floods devastated the South Yorkshire village of Toll Bar. In an effort to come to terms with what had happened, residents produced a book telling their story. Dave Hunter describes how a unique record was produced in a single remarkable day |
| The teacher’s lot A study of FE in Wales found learners struggling to fit in study around other commitments and teachers sometimes having to choose between meeting targets and responding to the complex needs of their learners. Martin Jephcote, Jane Salisbury and Gareth Rees report |
| Can read, can write Linda Worden always loved books. She liked the way they felt in her hands and the way they smelled. The only problem was she couldn’t read them – until she took part in Channel 4’s ‘Can’t Read, Can’t Write’. She told Ed Melia how learning to read changed her life |
| Adult literacy – the global challenge International Literacy Day is often overlooked, but with nearly eight billion adults around the world lacking basic reading and writing skills, raising awareness is vital, says Jan Eldred |
