the book Further Education and Twelve Dancing Princesses

Introduction: How Grimm is Further Education? by Joel Petrie

The following is an annotated version of the introduction chapter to the book ‘Further Education and the Twelve Dancing Princesses‘ as an accompaniment to the talk he is giving in Liverpool on oppressive management practices, the birth of the ’12 Dancing Princesses’ project, Fairy tales, and what they tell us, hope and utopia and future goals (Trentham Productions).The reader will find excerpts from the highlighted references in the original text contained within the grey highlighted boxes along with download links for the documents where possible. Read more…

The Excluded Voices of FE Teachers and Communities: The Principal – Power and Politics in Further Education by Rob Peutrell

Rob Peutrell contributed a chapter to the book ‘The Principal – Power and Professionalism in Further Education’, a collection edited by by Maire Daley,‎ Prof Kevin Orr,‎ and Joel Petrie.  The book brings people from various backgrounds and view points in contributions which interrogate power and how is it expressed in the Further Education sector today.

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The Principal; Power and Professionalism in FE: Measuring Up To The Mean – Beggars Belief

On Saturday 25th November I attended and presented at the ‘Power and Professionalism in FE Conference’ which was held at University of Huddersfield (Twitter hashtag: #hudpowerfe). This conference was brought together to coincide with, and reflect the themes, ideas and work of a host of contributors to the launch of the book ‘The Principal; Power and Professionalism in FE‘ published by University College London Institute of Education Press. Read more…