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The FE HR Hub brings together practical thinking, sector experience and examples of good practice from across Further Education. Explore The Hubble, case studies shared through the FE HR Breakfast Club, and articles published with sector partners.
The Hubble – Our Bi-Monthly Newsletter Published on Linked In
When HR Carries the Monkey: The culture we create when managers abdicate ownership
When HR Carries the Monkey: The culture we create when managers abdicate ownership “Can you draft an email for me?” It sounds like a perfectly reasonable request. Recently, I was told about a manager who asked HR to draft an email responding to an employee’s request...
AI is Easy. Culture is Hard.
AI is Easy. Culture is Hard. “AI won’t fail in your college because of technology…..it will fail because of culture.” At the recent Talentia Group HR Leaders Conference in Birmingham, I opened with that line – and it landed. Because while we’re investing time,...
Are We Planning our Workforce ….or Just Our Budgets?
Are We Planning our Workforce ….or Just Our Budgets? Right now, across the sector, colleges are deep into curriculum and budget planning for the year ahead. Difficult decisions are being made. Trade-offs are being weighed. Numbers are being scrutinised. But...
Other published articles from the FE HR Hub
Accidental Dependency: When Helpful HR Becomes Too Helpful
How good intention can quietly create dependency on HR – and why the start of a new year is the perfect time to reset the balance.
Retention isn’t an HR Strategy – It’s a Leadership Behaviour
In a challenging FE labour market, colleges cannot afford to treat retention as something HR owns alone. The everyday behaviours of managers may be among the most powerful retention tools we have.
One misaligned manager can unravel everything. The hidden retention risk colleges can’t ignore.
One misaligned manager can unravel everything. The hidden retention risk colleges can’t ignore. Across FE, colleges are investing heavily in culture, wellbeing and people-led leadership. But in many organisations, one misaligned manager can quietly undo all of that...
Why Empathy is The Most Powerful Tool in a Leader’s Toolbox
The FE sector is facing an era of rapid transformation. Leaders are navigating huge societal shifts; evolving learner needs, encompassing increased challenges linked to finance, wellbeing and mental health; and inclusion is no longer an option, instead an expectation....
Case Studies from the FE HR Breakfast Club
Beacon Award Winner Case Study: Mental Health & Wellbeing Support
In September 2023, Debra French, Organisational Development and Engagement Manager in Nottingham college came along to our Breakfast Club in September to share the sector leading work they have been doing linked to Mental Health and Wellbeing, endorsed by the team...
A Case Study: Setting Up an Alternative Pension Scheme in FE / HE
In January 2023, Tom Long Partner and Employment Lawyer from Shakespeare Martineau kindly attended the Breakfast Club to guide us through a case study where he had advised their client, a Higher Education Institution, on the process and employment law considerations...
Case Study: Overhauling Recruitment Systems
In November 2022, Tom Braddock, Talent Acquisition Manger from Coleg Sir Gar (Carmarthenshire College) came along to the FE HR Hub Breakfast Club and shared with us the journey and outcomes of a project he led on to overhaul recruitment processes. Coleg Sir Gar...
Case Study: Implementing the Investor’s Diversity Framework
Dr. Sarah Cooper, Director of People Services from Bradford College came to the Breakfast Club in July of 2021 to share their experience of implementing the Investors in Diversity accreditation framework to help focus and structure work the work they were doing across...
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