The FE Research Podcast with Jo and Alistair feresearchpodcast

In this episode we meet Dr Andrea Laczik, Director of Research at the Edge Foundation. We hear more about what Edge do, Andrea’s role and some of the research the team have undertaken. 
About Edge: https://www.edge.co.uk/about-edge/
Learning from the past series: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/Learning-from-the-past/
 

Podcast special editions!Ahead of the Learning and Skills Research Network National Conference we caught up with conference Poet in Residence, university learning technologist and experimental poet, Pip McDonald.

Podcast special edition!
Ahead of the Learning and Skills Network National Conference we caught up with one of the key notes - Chantal Brown, lecturer, SEND specialist.  https://transforminglives.web.ucu.org.uk/2020/04/20/teaching-and-learning-scholar-chantal-brown/

In this episode, we meet Sharon Jones, FE lecturer and researcher, and former librarian at The Bedford College Group shares her research about the role secondary school plays in contributing to the lived inequalities of working-class people. The findings in her research uncovers relations of power and illustrates how schooling has reduced individual agency and sustained lived inequalities. By creating space for a visual intervention alongside her analysis of class and society, Sharon successfully illuminates that working-class struggles are not permanent, and that agency can be activated. 
 
Sharon completed her PhD whilst running classes in her local community to build the self-esteem of children through to adults and at the same time raising her own 6 children.
 
Sharon recently wrote her PhD into a book titled 'State schooling and the reproduction of social inequalities: Contesting lived inequalities through participatory methods' and it is available to buy directly from Routledge https://www.routledge.com/State-Schooling-and-the-Reproduction-of-Social-Inequalities-Contesting/Jones/p/book/9781032192222 or from your preferred bookseller. 
 

For our 3rd birthday edition of the podcast we spoke to Dr Lynne Taylerson about her PhD studies and her work with Amplify FE. From digital divides to thriving communities, it is a revealing conversation. In the podcast a number of reports are mentioned. Links are here:Communities:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OszSTr51TCrc568mILcQNo7hLeon_FzN/view?usp=drivesdk Research communities:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wB3Adrd6fDZV53088IDydUuWiwvKfnX7/view?usp=drivesdk Insights report (digital): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UxGrXOXdzb9zd0gNYAf53EKcrndii3pRtZiEYglHv_U/mobilebasic 

In this edition we are joined by Claire Collins. Claire has many years of experience of leading national practitioner research and development programmes.In the Podcast Claire talks about a guide that is available here: https://ccpathways.co.uk/projects/doing-action-research/ 
https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/professional-development/practitioner-led-development-research/otla/