Equality and Diversity in Further Education

Sheine Peart has worked in schools, colleges, local authorities and youth and community settings. She taught in Further Education for fifteen years teaching on various vocational programmes and working with challenging students. She held the post of the college Equalities Manager for eight years and previously managed a local authority education team dedicated to raising the achievement of African and Caribbean pupils. In her current post at Nottingham Trent University she teaches on the pre-service fulltime PGCE, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (Prof Grad Cert) and the Certificate in Education (CertEd) for LLS as well as managing the Masters in Education courses. She is currently engaged in supporting one large urban college in developing a dedicated in house student support group for Black male students, called ‘Black on Track’.

• 1. Introduction 2. Professional Expectations of Tutors in FE 3. Diversity and Equality: International and National Agendas 4. Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners 5. Working with Younger Learners and Youth Culture 6. Meeting the Needs of Migrant Populations 7. Working with Cross-Cultural Groups 8. Managing Gender and Sexual Orientation Issues 9. (Re-) Integrating Offenders and Ex-Offenders 10. The importance of an Effective Management System Glossary of Acronyms >Index

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