How can adult education transform lives as well as respond to the social issues affecting all of our lives today? In this edition of Universal Learning, I’m talking to Mel Lenehan, Principal and CEO of Fircroft College of Adult Education in Birmingham, UK. Fircroft is one of only two residential FE colleges left in the UK and was founded over a century ago thanks to the philanthropy of the Cadbury family. We talk about a plethora of issues including the importance of treating learners as individuals, how social justice is woven into the DNA of Fircroft, and why senior leaders need to remember that the numbers on a spreadsheet also represent real people.
Find out more about the work of Fircroft College of Adult Education by visiting their website: https://www.fircroft.ac.uk/
You can find Mel on Twitter @MelLenehan
Music: Sinara by Blear Moon, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC).
Sound FX: Soft Blip E Major by New Age Soup via Freesounds, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY).
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