HE and FE lecturer in English , History and Performing Arts , writer, poet and researcher . Born in Nottingham UK and now lives in Lincolnshire and Malta - at present researching and writing on a number of naval history texts. Ex RADA, - postgraduate in English and European Renaissance Drama.
That is not to say that there are no negative issues within FE colleges these days. It is my beli... more That is not to say that there are no negative issues within FE colleges these days. It is my belief , based on experiences, that such colleges are perhaps not the best environments to teach HE courses. There have been times that issues of QA have occurred within courses I have been engaged with – largely because the SOW laid down by the department has been taught at an FE standard basis i.e. to assessment, rather than in the usual university way of knowledge base from which assessment arises. Students are often ‘spoon fed’ and classes made up of those who, given levels of previous learning, cannot really meet the demands of this level of scholarship and yet are taken on it seems to make up the numbers so that the courses can run and appease both institution and government targets.
In essence though, we should talk about a debt ridden country with high unemployment, spiralling ... more In essence though, we should talk about a debt ridden country with high unemployment, spiralling living costs and poverty, riots in the streets of London and other big cities, together with a disunified Europe and wars abroad. Sounds familiar? Yet this isn’t just about today, but England towards the end of the Sixteenth century when Shakespeare was at the zenith of his literary powers. This version of events can come as a surprise to students but in turn becomes the basis of lively debates within the classroom in which they can reflect on similarities between now and then and how easily a production of a Shakespearean play can be retuned with a contemporary twist.
That is not to say that there are no negative issues within FE colleges these days. It is my beli... more That is not to say that there are no negative issues within FE colleges these days. It is my belief , based on experiences, that such colleges are perhaps not the best environments to teach HE courses. There have been times that issues of QA have occurred within courses I have been engaged with – largely because the SOW laid down by the department has been taught at an FE standard basis i.e. to assessment, rather than in the usual university way of knowledge base from which assessment arises. Students are often ‘spoon fed’ and classes made up of those who, given levels of previous learning, cannot really meet the demands of this level of scholarship and yet are taken on it seems to make up the numbers so that the courses can run and appease both institution and government targets.
In essence though, we should talk about a debt ridden country with high unemployment, spiralling ... more In essence though, we should talk about a debt ridden country with high unemployment, spiralling living costs and poverty, riots in the streets of London and other big cities, together with a disunified Europe and wars abroad. Sounds familiar? Yet this isn’t just about today, but England towards the end of the Sixteenth century when Shakespeare was at the zenith of his literary powers. This version of events can come as a surprise to students but in turn becomes the basis of lively debates within the classroom in which they can reflect on similarities between now and then and how easily a production of a Shakespearean play can be retuned with a contemporary twist.
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