Study Days are here again!

The first Study Day for Year 2 folks is next Saturday; the link is to the briefing paper. You can download that and the programme for printing, but there is no real need to, since they will both be in your delegate packs. This information is also on BREO.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

It can work out!

We are half-way through the first term, which some people find a daunting stage of the course, where its demands begin to bite. But it is also graduation ceremony time! This year, there were so many people graduating from the programme that the university had to lay on a special ceremony, just for PCE graduates. The photo is testimony that some people actually managed it--we couldn't cover all the centres because there were too many. Sorry about the pink bags, courtesy of the alumni office...

You will be here ere too long!

Coffield diagnoses the ills of the sector

This blog is becoming the Frank Coffield fan club! I can't link to the article because it is not on-line, but if you are a member of the University and Colleges Union (UCU), you will have received a copy of the October magazine; do read "When the solution is the problem..." (pp.9-10) and copy it for your fellow course members.

It's a bit early in the year, but...

Concrete suggestions on how to get stuff written!

Useful article and links on technology in the classroom

Very practical, with plenty of links to resources. It is a little US-centric, though.

New on the parallel blog

Stuff on this blog tends to be directly PCE programme related, so this is simply a reminder of the parallel blog (link in the heading to this post), which includes some new stuff on e-learning and nature/nurture today and is up-dated fairly regularly during term-time.

Best wishes for the new year, both as tutors and participants!

Have you heard about clickers?

FE is often equipped with more sophisticated technology than any other sector. Smart board are now being supplemented by clickers (although they may not be all that useful with small classes); the link is to a useful briefing on their use and effectiveness. It also explains what they are!