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It’s easy to undermine your own ability as a teacher. It’s time to accept the chaos and start believing in yourself, writes Sarah Simons

Secure mental health units provide safe havens for traumatised young people – colleges can learn a lot from their approach to educating learners facing life’s toughest challenges, finds Sarah Simons

College students address lecturers using their first name – it’s a powerful statement of equal status, says Sarah Simons

Sarah Simons is struggling to follow this week’s political developments. Does the extra cash for FE really exist?

With Brexit chaos in Westminster, Sarah Simons is finding it difficult to persuade her students that politicians care

Leadership roles in FE are increasingly being filled by people who have built their careers in other sectors. But what factors influence whether these incomers sink or swim? And how relevant is their previous experience? Sarah Simons finds out