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My contribution to the media debate on HE funding
A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed as part of a BBC article on the funding crisis and the redundancies at the University of Derby. The article has just come out and makes for interesting reading. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj937ek333jo This is what I had to say… Tristram Hooley, a professor of Career Education at the university…
One State’s Educator-Recruitment Campaign Has a Secret Weapon: Its Own Teachers
Georgia wants to change the public’s view of teaching.
I’m safe, but the fight against redundancies at Derby (and in HE) goes on
Yesterday I found out that I am not going to be made redundant from the University of Derby. The redundancy process has been organised in three rounds, like some kind of grim version of X Factor, with people gradually being whittled down on the basis of a number of questionable criteria. Yesterday round two took…
Automation and the future of work (Presentation in the Sherwood Observatory)
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Sherwood Observatory as part of a meeting of local government, business and education stakeholders. We spent the morning talking about AI, automation and the future of work. We really benefitted from input from Professor Amin Al-Habaibeh from Nottingham Trent University who is an AI researcher. I was really…
Will Fired Federal Workers Consider Teaching? Some Schools May Soon Find Out
Thousands of federal employees face unemployment. Some states and districts see an opportunity to recruit skilled workers to the classroom.
Trip to Maynooth
I’m horribly behind on sharing my stuff on this blog. My plan is always to share everything that that I do that might be of use to other people via this site. Once in a while there is something that I can’t share for some reason, but everything else it thrown up here. Most of…
Teacher Shortages Are Improving—With Two Big Exceptions
New job posting data suggests staffing support needs to be targeted at particular areas.
Presentations to the Growing great education conference (Canterbury Christ Church University)
I’ve got very lax in posting my presentations, but I remain committed to sharing my materials on this site so that people can make use of them where they feel that they have value. So, I’m going to try and catch up. A couple of weeks ago I was asked to give a couple of…
Districts Can't Pay Teachers Promised Incentives After Trump Admin. Cuts Funding
Grants meant for teacher and school leader development in high-need schools were abruptly cut by the Trump administration. Districts are looking for other options.