Lance Finn

Sport, mind and edu geek MSc PGCE MCCT #FE #lovefe

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

The (ab)use of Goal Setting in Further Education: Why the evidence suggests we need to be less SMART https://t.co/G8kzn0Kmuw

[Darren Hankey @HCFEprincipal]

Starts off by highlighting the lack of fair, reasonable & sustained investment in the sector. Then says this isn't really that important and then recommends several things which require fair, reasonable & sustained investment.

Make it make sense.

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@daisychristo Love this from your new blog “What’s happened with music and maths in the past century or so is now coming for reading and writing”

Take heed of the warnings

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@SchoolsWeek He’ll be shocked to hear about the 14yrs of damaging policies from the previous government…

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

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[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

“the reality is that we are being asked to compete. That’s not coordination or collaboration, but the very environment the DfE assured us it was trying to move away from”

[Association of Colleges (AoC) @AoC_info]

“CTECs, as currently designed, pit colleges against one another.”

Despite big talk of ‘coordination’, the government’s £100m plan risks fragmenting progress. @NCFE

David Warnes on why we must rethink how we build technical excellence: https://t.co/2nBqMirXZv

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@daisychristo Hi Daisy, love your books. Have you come across much in the way of operational definitions, evidence of efficacy, causal mechanisms of ‘immersive learning’ or ‘immersive technology’. There is a bit of a frenzy in Further Education at the moment. Thanks

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

Hi guys @AoC_info Do you know of any colleges who have successfully sponsored teachers on overseas visas to help with the FE recruitment issues?

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@EducEndowFoundn Is there potential impact to the development of subject and curriculum expertise from outsourcing‘planning thinking’ to AI?

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@SchoolsWeek @trustilluminate Spot on!!

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

Five years on, the ongoing impact of Covid is undeniable: pupil wellbeing at an ebb, a widening disadvantage gap, a “seismic shift in parental attitudes to school attendance” and growing deficits in communication and language – the tip of the iceberg that is the SEND crisis.

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

📉 'Briefly, a truly ‘new normal’ seemed within our grasp - but here we are'

@trustilluminate CEO, Jo Southby
https://t.co/zNZXHsp1bl

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

At the time, the phrase ‘new normal’ was being used to describe the pandemic experience. Soon, that phrase would come to symbolise the potential for transformative action to right the system’s foundations. Today, it is a bleak reminder of a lack of visionary leadership

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

📉 'Briefly, a truly ‘new normal’ seemed within our grasp - but here we are'

@trustilluminate CEO, Jo Southby
https://t.co/zNZXHsp1bl

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

This is bleak…

[Tes magazine @tes]

The development of essential employment skills, starting from the early years, is key to meeting future workforce needs in a rapidly changing world, according to @TheNFER research
https://t.co/VWrkAnIVUj

[Darren Hankey @HCFEprincipal]

👋 from FE colleges.

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

@HCFEprincipal In Darren, we trust 🙏

[Darren Hankey @HCFEprincipal]

An interesting piece.

I may be wrong but I don't recall this paper highlighting how many staff in FE colleges have lost their job to the lack of fair, reasonable & sustained investment for well over a decade.
https://t.co/YgE42Glf16

[Debbie Allingham @slinkydoodle]

@bphillipsonMP For the love of God can we please resolve the issue that FE can’t afford teachers in emerging or specialist skills areas. I’m tired of projects to deliver crucial sector skills where we can’t get staff to deliver. Manufacturing, engineering, pharma - all areas where this happens.

[Darren Hankey @HCFEprincipal]

The reason the nation has skills shortages is a complete mystery.

[Dr. Neil Gilbride @nmgilbride]

My book, self-efficacy in action, comes out tomorrow! 🤩🤩 @JohnCattEd @teacherhead

Get your copy here! https://t.co/dYemZcGoJE

PS I've got two copies to give away! So, if you fancy a free copy, give this tweet a like and RT. I'll draw the name out the hat at 5pm tomorrow!

[Lance Finn @lancefinn78]

The absence of domain knowledge in the DfE has led us into what I would describe as postmodern policy making; non-teacher lobbyists telling non-truths to non-teacher civil servants. It is a simulation of governance that has no concern for young people

[FE Week @FEWeek]

💼 'For a few @educationgovuk civil servants, applying for jobs was a bigger priority, ' says former DfE advisor Andrew Otty
https://t.co/YMEP7RpGTS