An away day with Catherine McDonald to a beautiful city like Bath to talk all things academics and podcasting... What more could a girl ask for??? See you soon to collaborate on series 2

Thanks to the team at ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies for this unnecessary but very welcome gift for helping them with some graphics. If anyone else needs a graphic designer note I will happily work for chocolate from M&S!

Our current adult education system is transactional, focusing on skills and jobs. Janet Smith, Chief Executive and Principal of Nottingham College, argues we need to focus more on the long-term successes of #adulted. Join us as we focus on funding next Tuesday on #LetsGoFurtherPod.

Always fun to head back to Royal Holloway 💜💚

Really enjoyable day at the SWDTP conference yesterday. Krissie Brighty-Glover & Catherine McDonald delivered a workshop and recorded podcast episodes in the afternoon with some of their inspiring students. Series 2⃣ of Let's Collaborate is going to be one to look out for!

The Rt Hon. the Lord Blunkett says funding changes have reduced adult learners' opportunities to access higher education - impacting not just their careers but their life chances, mental health and self-confidence. Hear more from Lord Blunkett below.

£42 for each child raped from the Home Office who. £169,000 per person in the failed Rwanda plan. No hours of debate on the child abuse inquiry, no Tory rebellion that not 1 of recommendations has been done by Govt. No amendments from 5 families. No extra judges for rape victims.

Looking forward to working with the team at ADR UK today on their podcast plans. Krissie Brighty-Glover will be talking them through: ❓Why researchers should be podcasting 🎙️Audio editing using Audacity 🏘️Podcast hosts and wider assets 🎤Recording conditions & equipment

Nice to be back at Senate House Library for an introduction to podcasting workshop for LAHP students. Looking forward to meeting you all at 10 to talk all things research podcasts!

Total PR fail by Avanti West Coast handing out this goody bag to some staff. Struggling with the menopause is not funny for your older female workers 😡

Episode 1 of Migration, Conflict & Crisis is out now! Tymofii Brik explains what we know about who has moved where and offers his personal as well as professional take on the impact of the conflict on people's movements & lives. open.spotify.com/episode/6HsGT5… #MCCPod #Migration #Ukraine

Inspiring speeches and thoughtful conversations at Skills and Education Group House of Lords dinner this week about the importance of FE in driving social mobility. Series 4 of Let's Go Further is out this month and will address some of the issues raised. 👀 this space...

Exciting day at RP as we kick off our collaborative project, #ThanksforTyping, with @TheSocReview - a fantastic new series with Ros Edwards 🕯🌱 & Val Gillies. Publishing fortnightly, ep 1 is out 19th March. Listen to the trailer now - spotify.link/NEMpMubTTHb

🎙️ Sir Michael Barber makes a powerful argument for a single regulator for post-18 education in the latest episode of #LetsGoFurtherPod. Listen to ep 1 with Shane Chowen Alison Wolf and Sir Michael Barber now. 🔗 bit.ly/3IPxVaI FE Week #FurtherEducation

We are launching a book and you are all invited: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Is our skills system falling short? Business leaders Jane Gratton and Nicola Drury join Shane Chowen, editor of FE Week, for Ep 2 of our special election year series. Out 9 April! Why not catch up with Ep 1 now? 🔗 buff.ly/49ZdSlL #LetsGoFurtherPod #FurtherEducation

Inequality permeates every level of the education system. Sam Tuckett from the Education Policy Institute argues that a well functioning apprenticeship system could help reduce this and skill shortages in the next episode of the #Let'sGoFurtherPod 📅 Out 23 April. #FE FE Week #SkillsGap

Should we celebrate the use of #AI in #FE or fear it? Join Shane Chowen, Debra Gray MBE and Paul McKean #FE to find out more in episode 4 of the Let’s Go Further podcast. 🔗 bit.ly/49UNWHf #LetsGoFurtherPod #FEWeek FE Week #FurtherEducation #AI Hull College Jisc

And we could not have done it without YOU. Amazing, compassionate, brilliant people who make such a difference to our podcast process. So glad to have commissioned you to work with Preservative Party Leeds City Museum. It's been a blast so far...look forward to more fun and hard work.

He is probably going to score now but feels like Palmer is just getting in the way at this point. Awful, awful game #CHEARS