Ask Rosa Wells to list the highlights from her career teaching in further education (FE), and she’s spoiled for choice. There’s the young man she supported to do a higher national certificate (HNC) in electrical and electronic engineering, who then secured his dream job in Formula One, and the student she encouraged to go to university, who now has a master’s in engineering leadership. She’s also particularly proud of the mature students she’s helped balance studies with their family life, and the recent honour of being awarded a technical teaching fellowship for outstanding achievement in science and engineering.
“I remember going out for dinner with friends a few years after I started teaching in FE, and they all said they wished they had a job they loved as much as I loved mine,” she says. “I feel so lucky to have found such a rewarding career.”
