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The title ‘teacher’ captures the power of FE’s dual professionalism better than ‘lecturer’, argues David Russell

The new Technical Teaching Fellowships offer deserved recognition for technical education as a whole, says David Russell

Students should pick subjects they love – not be forced on to courses to meet local skills needs, David Russell writes

In the arena of educational research, policymakers would have us believe only big academic studies matter. But here David Russell fights the corner for small-scale practitioner research, arguing that it can improve learner outcomes

Don’t try to squeeze more out of the education workforce by putting pressure on teachers’ home lives, writes David Russell

As one of the judges of the Tes FE Awards, David Russell spots a worrying trend of teachers trying to ‘work miracles’ – at the cost of their free time