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At 5:40pm on November 13, 2009, Kate Moloughney said…: Hi Gavin

Thanks for the message - hope all is well.

Do pop along to the stand next week and say hello to the team!

Speak Soon

Kate

At 10:53am on November 9, 2009, Josie Scobling said…: Hi Gavin,

Thanks for the welcome. Good to be working with you and FEnews. Yes, I do work alongside Ruth. Happy to do what we can for the community.

Josie (Cornwall College)

At 4:04pm on November 6, 2009, John Murphy said…: Journalism, doesn't seem to be much demand for journalism teachers in FE these days

At 2:16pm on November 6, 2009, Stephen Lewin said…: I am a A1 qualified assessor and my background is in policing. Having retired from the police I have tried to continue with assessing but trying to convince employers that my skills can be related to other subjects is virtually impossible. I have had a little bit of work assessing taxi drivers but even though I have done this others will not take me on because I haven't been a taxi driver. Its the same with security, although I have a lot of the basic skills involved and have previously in the police assessed nearly the same units because i haven't been a security guard companies wont employ me.

At 1:12pm on November 2, 2009, Gemma Boland said…: Hey, thanks. Any chance of getting it onto FE press releases on the Home Page and not just on community?

Thanks,

Gemma Boland

At 9:41pm on October 28, 2009, Allan Richards said…: Hello Gavin
Thanks for the call and compliment. I attached the image as a test but my machine at work will not display anything except text, so I never actually saw the effect. Credit must go to Microsoft, it's one of their sample pics!
I have been described as a teacher of "Engineering Academics", a phrase coined by a colleague to describe in one term what we do. I teach fundamental and applied mathematics, electrical and electronic principles and engineering system characteristics to engineering apprentices. in a form of "cradle-to-graduation" training. Seems to work.

Regards, Allan

At 5:55pm on October 28, 2009, Shane Chowen said…: Hi Gavin. I'd really like to contribute to FEnews on behalf of NUS.
Drop me an e-mail on: shane.chowen@nus.org.uk and we can talk more.
Thanks for getting in touch!

Shane
NUS Vice President (FE)

At 12:52pm on October 23, 2009, Philip Lucas said…: Hi Gavin - we do surveys, data analysis, mapping and consultancy for providers and national bodies such as LSC. Currently evaluating roll-out of Skills Accounts, for example. Basically, research and consultancy in the post-16 sector. Thanks for the welcome. Philip

At 9:36am on October 23, 2009, Clive Purcell said…: Hi Gavin, I work with esg and its brands (stl, triangle, sencia and orient) providing group-wide communications consultancy. I also work with a number of FE colleges providing strategic stakeholder communications in support of accommodation renewal and mergers. Glad to hear you're working with Rosie. I'll keep you posted with news.

Cheers
Clive

At 9:35am on October 22, 2009, Laura Downton said…: Thanks Gavin, that's great. We'll make sure we tweet it!

At 10:49am on October 21, 2009, Lucy Andrews said…: Hi Gavin, thanks for your welcome - I'm still exploring the site!

My background is in working for the Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership. We're a not-for-profit organisation which helps promote learning for everyone in Surrey, provides an independent voice for learners and identifies gaps in learning provision in order to facilitate planning and action with partners, many of whom are FE colleges. Always looking for ways to network and keep abreast with changes in the sector so this site looks like it will be useful.

At 4:53pm on October 16, 2009, Simon Nadin said…: Hi Gavin,

Thanks for posting the release so quickly.

At 5:18pm on October 6, 2009, Hayley Sturgess said…: Yes my colleague Steve has it. I'll be in touch soon.

Hayley

At 5:12pm on October 6, 2009, Hayley Sturgess said…: Hi Gavin, I should have the article ready for you next week, is that OK? I'll keep you posted.

Thanks,

Hayley

At 5:02pm on October 6, 2009, Hayley Sturgess said…: Hi, thanks for acting so quickly with our press release! Handling the PR for NCFE, I definitely think the site will be very useful for people in the FE community to start talking and share ideas. I'm really looking forward to seeing more people join!

At 9:08am on October 5, 2009, Lucy Mountford said…: Yes I'm Marketing and PR Manager at Newcastle-under-Lyme College - have never actually met Ruth but her name pops up everywhere! I think the site looks good- hope more people start joining then we should really see the benefit.

At 12:51pm on October 2, 2009, Neil James Smith said…: Site wont let me post a comment.

At 12:51pm on October 2, 2009, Neil James Smith said…: Hmm, wrote a comment but it got 'moderated'! I'm an ICT specialist - hope to see a few more of us soon.
looks like the beginning of a really good site.

At 12:49pm on October 2, 2009, Neil James Smith said…: Hi Gavin, looks like the makings of a great site. My speciality is ICT - 35 years in the industry and now 10 years teaching!
Regards
Neil