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Tes FE Awards: Stuart Rimmer wins leader of the year
Like all further education leaders, Stuart Rimmer has had a busy year. Leading a college group through a pandemic is no easy feat but, in a survey at the East Coast Colleges Group, 96 per cent of staff said the college was well led during the Covid lockdowns. An external health and safety inspection also commended the response the college had made as a model for other FE providers.
Kindness is easily overlooked – but it's crucial now
Last week, I had my spirits lifted by an elite sportsperson. It is a bit of a long story, but, essentially, I had taken part in an online rowing session the previous week and seriously struggled. I was kept going, however, by the medal-winning Olympian leading the session, and her ability to chat and motivate throughout, despite admitting that she herself felt a little nervous.
Mental health: Around 50% of college leaders ‘distressed' regularly
College leaders have spoken out about their mental health in a new report published by the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL). The report, written by East Coast College principal Stuart Rimmer, reveals that 45 per cent of college leaders experienced “distress” three to five times a week. Around 82 college principals and chief executives took part in the survey, within which “distress” was defined as “state of overload; for example, overextension at work, thus negative stress”.
Why college networks might be a step in the right direction
The future colleges report’s call for a network strategy is eminently sensible as a corrective to failing marketisation, writes Stuart Rimmer. This week the College of the Future report landed, with some thoughtful description of how our sector can drive place, productivity and people. There is much merit in the report, which captures discussions between some leaders over the course of many months.
We should name, but not shame, the colleges that are getting bailouts
The sector is shooting itself in the foot if we don’t argue that colleges getting financial help should be transparently listed, writes Stuart Rimmer Should the names of colleges getting bailouts be made public? Well, the simple answer to that simple question is – yes! Of course they should. Towards the end of last month, details of the revised college oversight policy were amended.
Colleges left guessing in the absence of a virus contol plan
Lack of a blueprint for keeping colleges safe partly explains why one college even considered ‘alternate weeks’, writes Stuart Rimmer My great friend Craig, who features in many of my stories, is a builder. I was chatting to him about restarting college life and how government kept issuing guidance after guidance through the summer. He asked, “Don’t you just get given a plan?” I was stunned into silence. He went on to tell me that he never starts any (re)build without a clear and agreed plan.
The AI Exam Algorithm is not to blame - Humans remain very much in charge and are ethically responsible for the consequences
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Will the legacy of COVID-19 be a workforce better prepared for the unprepared?
Details by Stuart Rimmer Published: 02 June 2020 Hits: 23 Please Rate You are using adblocker please support us by whitelisting www.fenews.co.uk @EastCoast_Coll will return to some commercial training from the 8th of June, with some teaching of year 12 students and apprentices recommencing from the 15th June, ensuring students gain licenses to practice to allow work progression.
Re-opening campus is a high-risk, high-stress, physical and emotional challenge
Re-opening campus is a high-risk, high-stress, physical and emotional challenge, says Stuart Rimmer. Here are some guiding principles to keep in mind At my school there was a boy called Dave. He was well off and (mostly) good hearted, so used to buy cans of Tango at break time for fellow students who were less well off (me).
Coronavirus: What colleges are doing to support mental health
Just last month, David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, laid out the case for why the pandemic was taking a toll on mental health. The Young Minds March survey suggested that over 83 per cent of students with existing mental health conditions were feeling more unwell in the Covid-19 crisis. Mental health is now one of the five top priorities for the AoC.
Coronavirus: Why 'teamship' is vital to support college staff
Without doubt, the saddest day of my leadership career was when the college closed its gates a few weeks ago. Watching staff walking out loading boxes of work and wilting pot plants into cars and pipping horns as they left, not knowing when they would return, brought a rare tear to the eye. But colleges are far more than buildings. Colleges are built from connections between people.
FE leadership stress: what can research tell us?
It’s time to talk about stress. But before we get on to how it’s caused and what can be done to counteract it, there’s a crucial factor that needs addressing. Many college leaders will say they suffer from stress. But the reality is that many suffer from distress – a type of stress that damages us as individuals. I’ve been a senior leader in further education for the past 20 years – six (and still counting) of which have been as a chief executive.
College incorporation: 'An experiment that has failed'
Last month, the Association of College's David Hughes opened up a much needed polemic on the quality of college principals in our sector. He provided a detailed account of the potential impact of a decade of austerity on college leadership and our expectations of leaders.
The heroic leadership model is false and damaging
A few weeks ago, I was driving back from another late college meeting, it was the end of a 70-plus hour working week; lists of unfinished jobs whirled around my head. We've had to grapple with plnety of major issues: a second merger in two years; Education and Skills Funding Agency intervention; post-Ofsted plans for the new term; a £30 million budget that only just balances; changes in the senior team; and disruption to staff through necessary, but rapid, change.
Why is mental health missing from general election manifestos?
On Friday, London hosted the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) conference: a gathering of some of the world’s leading voices in wellbeing in education. Speakers such as Sir Anthony Seldon, Dr Martin Seligman and Lord Richard Layard came together from psychiatry, economics and education to explore wellbeing in education. Their starting point was creating the solutions to how we might as educationalists prepare people for a flourishing life.
‘It’s time to take action on mental health’
It wasn’t too long ago that talking about mental health issues was a taboo subject. It was rarely discussed publicly and when it was there were always negative connotations. Yet around one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. There has certainly been a shift over the last couple of years with more public figures speaking about the struggles they’ve faced.
FE principal: Education 'needs to be better'
In a perfect world, education would not just be about gaining qualifications, but about helping learners lead “happy, human lives”, a leading principal has said. Speaking at TEDxNorwichED last week (video below), Stuart Rimmer, principal of Great Yarmouth College, said that although qualifications were important, the education system could "be better" if its main purpose was to “improve happiness, develop resilience and build wellbeing”.
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