Jess Staufenberg

Norwich, United Kingdom

Journalist @Source_Mat on climate and corruption. Former @SchoolsWeek @FEWeek, founder @pepforum. Paul Foot Award nominee 2022. [email protected]

Articles

This new research could change your resit learners' fortunes

Nov 27, 2024 | feweek.co.uk | JL Dutaut |Jess Staufenberg

More from this theme Recent articles For too long, further education has been the ‘Cinderella sector’ of education. This is not just in terms of funding for provision, but in terms of investment in high-quality research to inform its practice. The news this week that the Education Endowment Foundation will spend the largest injection of cash in post-16 research to date signifies the start of a break with this convention. I began my career teaching maths in a secondary school in Leeds.
How Europe Dumps Its Toxic Fuel in Africa

Nov 22, 2024 | fij.ng | Jess Staufenberg

It’s 7 pm in Lagos, the sun has set and many of the city’s five million cars are on the move, filling the streets with fumes. Shortly afterwards the national grid cuts out. Millions of diesel generators rumble to life and the smog thickens. Otonye Iworima, a former professional triple jumper, wants to close her windows so she can breathe easily but it’s still sweltering, more than 30 degrees.
Carburante sucio: así se vende a países africanos la gasolina de peor calidad prohibida en Europa

Nov 22, 2024 | elpais.com | Josep Catà Figuls |Jess Staufenberg

Son las siete de la tarde en Lagos, Nigeria. El sol se ha puesto y muchos de los cinco millones de coches de la ciudad están en marcha, llenando las calles de humo. Poco después, la red eléctrica nacional se corta: es el turno de millones de generadores diésel. La niebla tóxica se hace más densa. Otonye Iworima, exatleta profesional de triple salto, quiere cerrar la ventana para respirar mejor, pero fuera la temperatura supera los 30 grados.
Why what doesn’t work in FE is as important as what does

Jun 29, 2024 | feweek.co.uk | Jess Staufenberg

Latest education roles from By focusing their curriculums on transferable skills, digital skills, and sustainability, colleges and schools can be confident that learners... This August, teams from over 200 nations will gather to compete in the sticky heat of the Paris summer... We live in an unpredictable world where an unforeseen incident or environmental event could disrupt a Further Education (FE)...
How FE could make its CPD offer ever greater than it is

May 29, 2024 | feweek.co.uk | Jess Staufenberg

The model that could make CPD greater than it is An innovative approach to CPD showed great promise before funding was pulled - and should inform the sector's approach to development An innovative approach to CPD showed great promise before funding was pulled - and should inform the sector's approach to development Charlynne Pullen Principal research fellow, Sheffield Institute of Research and Knowledge Exchange 30 May 2024, 5:00 More from this theme Recent articles In 2022, Milton Keynes...
Why we joined the Research College Group and you should too

May 14, 2024 | feweek.co.uk | Jess Staufenberg |Fraser Whieldon

More from this theme Recent articles As far back as 1996, the question was being already asked: why is research invisible in further education? In his seminal article, Geoffrey Elliott identified specific barriers, including the absence of a research tradition, undervaluing the links between research and practice, an unsupportive climate, and the absence of a model for research in our varied sector.
Colleges must go beyond action research to truly capitalise

May 5, 2024 | feweek.co.uk | Jess Staufenberg |Fraser Whieldon

More from this theme Recent articles Last weeks’ article by Catherine Gray in these pages shows the importance of research is recognised ever more widely in the sector. Twenty-seven years ago, when the Learning & Skills Research Network (LSRN) was founded, only a small band of enthusiasts and a few larger colleges were engaging with it and little infrastructure existed to support it. Things have improved, but there’s a way to go.
F1 lobbies for Saudi against EU green rules

Dec 6, 2023 | tortoisemedia.com | Jeevan Vasagar |Jess Staufenberg

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show that Formula 1 has been lobbying against the EU’s planned ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and to cast doubt on the wisdom of adopting electric cars. So what? F1 is sponsored by Aramco, the Saudi national oil company. The lobbying suggests their partnership may be about more than burnishing Aramco’s reputation; it may be intended as a way for the Saudi business to extend its influence over green policies in Europe. Context.
PEPF Response to Press Coverage on the Subject of the Charitable Status of Private Schools

Dec 5, 2022 | pepf.co.uk | Jess Staufenberg
How schools are dealing with the 'new normal'

Dec 1, 2022 | schoolsweek.co.uk | Amy Walker |Freddie Whittaker |Jess Staufenberg