What fellowships have FETL previously awarded?
- Fostering creative leadership in FE – Ruth Allen, the Cornwall College Group.
- The impact of leadership on part-time teachers – Ann Creed, Workers’ Educational Association.
- Attitudes to leadership of diversification and risk in sixth-form colleges – Alex Day, Peter Symonds College.
- Leadership challenges of third-sector providers – Tim Ward, The Learning Curve.
- Leverage leadership: A new paradigm for further education? – Steve Lambert, University of Chester
- What would FE look like if adults who don’t currently engage with lifelong learning had a voice to shape the sector? – Jessica Russell, Southend Adult Community College
You can read more about these research projects and the fellows below.
Past Fellows:
Tim Ward, The Learning Curve
Tim Ward is Chief Executive of The Learning Curve, a not-for-profit organisation focused on workforce and organisational... Read full biography
Alex Day, Peter Symonds College
Alex Day has led the adult and higher education division of Peter Symonds College in Winchester for seven years – a... Read full biography
Ruth Allen, the Cornwall College Group
Ruth Allen is Group Development Manager with the Cornwall College Group, a major provider of further education which... Read full biography
Ann Creed, Workers’ Educational Association
Ann Creed is an experienced researcher with strong roots in community education. She describes herself as ‘an... Read full biography
Steve Lambert
Dr Steve Lambert is a Senior Lecturer in educational leadership and Programme Leaders for the MA in Educational... Read full biography
Jessica Russell
Jessica Russell works at Southend Adult Community College and is currently lead for the Adult Education Mental Health... Read full biography
Past projects:
Recognising Excellent Governance in the Independent Training Provider Sector
This monograph will seek to determine and recognise excellent practice in the ITP sector.
Employers in the driving seat? New thinking for FE leadership
A major new 12 month research project called Employers in the driving seat? New thinking for FE leadership has been launched by AELP – the Association of Employment and Learning Providers supported by FETL, the Further Education Trust for Leadership.
Matt Hamnett & Associates
This project will explore different perspectives on, and approaches to, the transformation of further education institutions – particularly those which require urgent action to address poor performance and other organisational challenges.
A 21st Century Skills System: a cross-country comparison between Scotland and Northern Ireland
Building upon earlier work looking at the future challenges facing Scotland’s skills system, this project led by IPPR will consider how best to respond to these challenges and a skills system ready for the 21st Century in Northern Ireland and Scotland can be created, delivering innovation in our economy and our society.
Unleashing Leadership: Exploring the hidden assumptions that determine and limit leadership practice to unleash new leadership across the FE System
The key aim of this research is to explore the underlying leadership assumptions, perceptions and aspirations in the FE system. Based on a framework of four discourses of leadership derived from published academic research of Dr Simon Western, it aims to discover the biases and preferences that shape how leadership is thought about, developed and practised in FE. The research findings will be... Read more
Leading innovation in further education and skills
This project looked at innovation in further education, where innovation comes from, and how it can be encouraged.
What next for FE and skills in Scotland
Working with IPPR Scotland, this project consists of a roundtable, symposium and research report bringing together key representatives from within and outwith the skills system in Scotland, key decision makers, employers and students to take stock of the last few years and look ahead to how the skills system can build on its current performance to ensure it is best fulfilling its role, meeting the... Read more
Possibility thinking
Possibility Thinking is a new collection of essays published in collaboration with the RSA. It focuses on three interconnected and overlapping areas of change that will enhance the FE and skills sector’s potential to develop the creative capacities of learners and their communities
10-year scenarios for FE and skills
The purpose of the project is to look beyond the immediate policy and financial challenges in further education and skills and envisage the next 10 years.
Leadership in a world of change: Understandings of, and leadership strategies to deal with, emerging models of ‘localism'.
The over-arching research question for this project is: ‘How and with what consequences, are colleges and other stakeholders responding (strategically and operationally at a range of levels from individual institution to national system) to devolution, localism and attempts to spatially restructure education and training provision against a backdrop of declining central government financial... Read more
