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Conversations with educators about research in and relating to further education in the UK. Academics, practitioner researchers, postgraduate students, teachers, lecturers, support colleagues, research and campaign organisations - we welcome everyone behind the mic. We are particularly keen to raise the profile of those working in the sector who are engaged with edu research and our allies in academia, all with something to say about the powerful role played by FE in shaping peoples’ lives and our communities. We chat with those undertaking small scale enquiry relating to their practice right through to professors, policy makers and practice influencers. We sometimes venture outside of FE and see what life is like for educator-researchers in other phases of education or get creative and chat with poets and artists. As PhD students and full-time teachers / educators ourselves, we usually have something to say about what we have been up to. We also love nothing more than an end of podcast game with our guests! Feel free to get in touch and join the conversation. Keep the discussion going on X (formerly known as Twitter) @FEresearchpod, on instagram @FEresearchpodcast or search #FEresearchpodcast. You can also find Jo hanging out on LinkedIn and BlueSky. She’s rather a fan of an instagram reel (she has not yet ventured to Tik Tok, something we can all be grateful for). Alistair is more likely to be found at the editing desk or wielding a mic and camera. You can find out more and get in touch via: https://linktr.ee/feresearchpodcast
Episodes
Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025
40 min
Mark Hyde and Andy Duffy joined us to tell us all about Markus, their AI marking tool for GCSE English resit students. They talk us through the development, trial and impact so far.
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
24 min
Associate Professor Rebecca Morris of University of Warwick and Debbie Grace University of Warwick and Sandwell College join us to share their practice review and research on GCSE resit English and maths in Further Education.
We are also delighted to share a link to Rebecca’s latest publication, co authored with Thomas Perry, A critical guide to evidence informed education https://amzn.eu/d/0QcxRw6
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
18 min
Dayna Hale is a Workforce Development Practitioner at Walsall College. Dayna joined us to to share her research interests in mentoring in FE.
Feb 18, 2024
Feb 18, 2024
24 min
Chris Morris joins us to talk about his interest in research about the uses of lesson observation. Chris is a Workplace Representative, Post-16 Officer Devon District, National Council member for post-16
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
38 min
Sally Welsh shares her Education and Social Justice EdD journey with us. Her research explores how mature students’ work within HE in FE - employment, study and care work - are valued or undervalued within education and challenges us to ‘see’ differently. It’s a methodological adventure that truly helps us to think about ‘the work’.
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
48 min
It’s series 4 and we begin with a bang and a podcast about podcasting! Scholarly podcasting to be exact. We caught up with university lecturer Dr. Dom Conroy, who uses podcasting within his work, to quiz him on the value of this medium. Jo also turns the tables on Alistair who, along with Dom, responds to questions about what podcasting brings to notions of scholarship and the questions this raises.
Crediting and Referencing Ian M Cook , author of ‘Scholary Podcasting Why, What, How’,(2023), which we use within this podcast to frame the discussion.
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
36 min
Doctoral candidate, AoC Research Further scholar and Advanced Practitioner Laura Kayes dropped by to talk about her research into poverty informed practice, plus Laura and Alistair go head to head in a game of ‘What Are You Talking About?’.
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
37 min
Beth Curtis, PhD candidate, drama lecturer and teacher educator, talks the researcher journey, carving our own path, creative methodologies, supervisors and who’d play her in a film!
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
32 min
In this episode we meet Dr Andrea Laczik, Director of Research at the Edge Foundation. We hear more about what Edge do, Andrea’s role and some of the research the team have undertaken.
About Edge: https://www.edge.co.uk/about-edge/
Learning from the past series: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/Learning-from-the-past/
Apr 3, 2023
Apr 3, 2023
29 min
Podcast special editions!
Ahead of the Learning and Skills Research Network National Conference we caught up with conference Poet in Residence, university learning technologist and experimental poet, Pip McDonald.