City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut hundreds of jobs

New crisis at former vocational charity involves alleged withholding of data and breaching redundancy laws

The Guardian
Sizewell C signs final education partnership at Ipswich college

Sizewell C has signed its third and final Memorandum of Understanding with further education providers, formalising a fresh agreement with Eastern Education Group at One Sixth Form College in Ipswich.

Ipswich.co.uk
Students have been setting up their final major project show this week. One got me, and his other tutors bottles of wine and thank you cards today.. little charmer, very good... I know your game. It's assessment next week 😌 #Teaching #FurtherEducation #Art
Ipswich plumbing apprentice named one of top female plumbers in the country

A former painter and decorator from Ipswich who swapped her paintbrush for a plunger has been named one of the top female apprentice plumbers in the country.

Ipswich.co.uk
Our college has a hospitality department. Students operate a restaurant 2-3 days a week. Menus are themed from week to week, and the food they put out is outrageously good. This week’s theme is Scandinavian. I had venison tartare to start (how is this even on the menu?!), roast cod with shrimp, then a buttermilk panna cotta. This is 17-18 yr olds putting out food at a quality that would shame many of the places I’ve eaten at. Is this normal for FE colleges in the UK?! #FurtherEducation #Food
It's my 1 year anniversary at work. I have survived my first year as an educator! Everyone who told me the first year would be tough wasn't wrong! In fact, they downplayed just how tough it is. But I'm still here, and still enjoying it when it's not immensely stressful. #Teaching #FurtherEducation #Apprenticeships #Apprentices

The long awaited follow-up to my insightful and incredibly well written blog about trying to become a teacher is up!
https://www.bone-idol.net/2025/03/09/teaching_devops_part2/

Disclaimer: may not be insightful or well written, but it is up.

#Teaching #Apprentices #Apprenticeships #GlosCol #DevOps #FurtherEducation

Teaching DevOps with Project Based Learning, part 2 ·

A new educator tries something

So, I'm finding that teaching sometimes feels like a long uphill trek, with little to no pay-off along the way. Might just be me, might just be what I'm teaching. But I'm someone that *needs* some payoff. Safe to say this is one of my least favourite bits of this job. However, I visited some of my apprentices at work last week, and they've only gone and implemented a concept I taught them about, and it's working and they're happy with it, and their manager is happy with it. Win! #DopaminePlease #Teaching #Apprentices #FurtherEducation
Having anxiety over a terrible job I had 12 years ago because I'm using their release process as a case study on "how not to do things" for my DevOps students >shudder< #DevOps #Teaching #FurtherEducation