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Sarah Simons
Have I become an education hypocrite? Yes and no
I’d be ecstatic if my son decided to pursue an FE pathway – but the dearth of information about T levels is troubling, says Sarah Simons
25 May 2018
A wedding with a difference - but students aren’t bothered
The royal family’s brand may have been recently humanised, but students seem only vaguely interested in the subject
11 May 2018
I saved myself from drowning in the sea of FE politics
Feeling undervalued and being used as a pawn in the college SLT’s power-play, Sarah Simons suddenly decided to take control of her own destiny – and it transformed her career
27 April 2018
As a failure aficionado, I know how it feels to flop
The schools minister says students are bombing at GCSE resits because FE teachers are getting it wrong, but just maybe it’s because we’re conditioning students to fail
13 April 2018
Take it from me: being lonely is far from lovely
One cutting message brought home to Sarah Simons how devastating this unspoken social stigma can be
30 March 2018
‘It would be easy to shake my fist at government’
As skills minister Anne Milton admits she does not know how the apprenticeship target was arrived at, Sarah Simons finds herself with a comforting sense of ‘no one really knows what they’re on about so let’s all just do our best’
15 March 2018
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