
Debbie Grace
@graceteachered
Teacher Educator - Further Education, specific interests in e-learning, also union supporter (UCU). Views are my own
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28-09-2015 12:56:34
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We are really excited to launch our series of weekly blog posts 🎉. Ray Truby, English Language Lecturer from Wolverhampton College, gets us off to a great start with a think piece about motivation in GCSE English resit classes City of Wolverhampton College Ray T gcseresits.education/2024/04/15/mot…

Second blog alert! 🎉 This time Dr Ellie Willard from Leeds Beckett University (Leeds Beckett) is focusing on building a failure friendly environment for GCSE resit students and wants to hear your thoughts #GCSE #English #maths gcseresits.education/2024/04/22/bui…

This is an interesting read where Polly Toynbee explores and challenges the compulsory nature of the resits policy, and looks at some potential alternative models. This connects well with many of the issues we’re examining with the @GCSEResit_Hub project theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Delighted to share another blog from the @GCSEResit_Hub. This one is by Prof Geoff Wake 👇 Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN and explores the value and challenges of randomised control trials in education research, including details of the post-16 Mastering Maths RCT: gcseresits.education/2024/04/29/the…

We are delighted to launch ‘Staying with the troublemakers: A celebration of research in FE’, a Learning and Skills Research Network publication showcasing practitioner research within the FE sector. #LSRNetwork Read the publication here: aoc.co.uk/research-unit/…


We are excited to share the fourth in our GCSE Resit Hub blog series! Aidan Batey, Head of Maths at New College Durham shares his thoughts on assessment for GCSE resit maths students. "Why didn't they just have a go?" - Considering Maths Assessment in FE gcseresits.education/2024/05/01/why…

👏👏👏 Well said Andrew Morris

Our latest blog in the series has just been released! This time, Gareth Davey, Head of English, at Buckinghamshire College Group, reflects on ‘Giving Students the Choice’. Gareth Davey Giving Students the Choice gcseresits.education/2024/05/08/giv…


Just 20 days to wait … The FE Literacy Movement conference is on its way! Check out contributors BeckyM, Debbie Grace and Tom Perry’s abstract to see what they’ll be exploring! 🩵 @EduKayte Kirsty Haughton Learning and Skills Research Network AmplifyFE Community of Practice English Association University of Derby


#SEND Networking Conference tomorrow Sandwell College 😜😬excited & nervous in equal measures


If you live or work in the Black Country, are part of the FE sector and want to write for publication, look no further than the writing hub being organised by FocusED 🧡 Spread the word🧡 WLV Education AmplifyFE Community of Practice #JoyFE💛 Collective Debbie Grace Colette Sunner Chantal Brown

🎉 The latest GCSE resit blog is out today! Functional Skills Lecturers Darabjeet Kaur and Gowian Wright-Salmon from Sandwell College share why communication with learners and colleagues is important for GCSE resit success A GCSE Odyssey: Time to Talk? gcseresits.education/2024/07/10/a-g…

Exciting news! Ahead of our Writing Hub at Dudley College next week, Dr Juels Wilde has been buzzing around making connections & I have prepared themes & set up our fantastic group of Buddies who are ready to support your writing from a spark of an idea to publication Learning and Skills Research Network


"Reading Rita and saving Arthur Seaton: Exploring mature students’ scholarly ‘becoming’ and the failures of working-class education" a new blog by @nyshachantel and Pete Bennett WLV Education bera.ac.uk/blog/reading-r…


An amazing Learning and Skills Research Network research round-up this month with a national conference planned in. Check out the details 🔽🔽🔽