Teaching Higher Education Courses in Further Education Colleges

Jonathan Tummons is associate professor and deputy head of the School of Education at Durham University, UK. Jonathan researches, writes and teaches in a variety of fields relating to higher, further, and professional education, and his work has been consulted by qualification awarding bodies, further education colleges,  medical educators, Ofsted, and the OECD.Dr Kevin Orr worked in further education for sixteen years. He is now Reader in Post-Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Huddersfield. Aside from teaching on a variety of courses, his  research interests lie primarily in vocational and further education. Dr Liz Atkins is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Huddersfield. She has taught extensively in both further and higher education on both vocational and teacher education programmes and has also managed provision in which university programmes were taught in FE colleges.

• College-based higher education and widening participationThe HE Ethos - Creating a University Within a College College-based Higher Education: The StudentsPlanning and Preparing for Teaching HE in FEThe Practice of Teaching College-based Higher EducationAssessing Learning in HE in FEResearch and Scholarship in HE in FEManaging HE in FEQuality Assurance in College-based Higher Education

Idenifies the issues faced by staff working across these two areas and is clear about how to address these constructively.