Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
UKFEChat
Location Nottingham, United Kingdom, Europe Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Female
Website sarahsimons.com/about/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Sarah accidentally became an FE lecturer in 2008 after several decades in show business. Since then she has worked in a number of colleges as a lecturer in functional skills English, as a support and inclusion specialist, and as a consultant, as well as being a regular columnist for The TES and a judge on The TES FE Awards.
In November 2012,
irritated that she couldn’t find like-minded FE colleagues to chat with on Twitter, she had a bit of a rant. It turned out that lots of other people felt the same and #UKFEchat was born. In the 3 years since that rant, colleagues in the UKFEchat community have had 3 FE guide books published, created a political manifesto, held gatherings around the country, had meetings with Ofsted FE chiefs, in addition to continuing the regular Thursday evening get togethers on Twitter to debate, share and collaborate. In October 2015 several hundred colleagues united for The UKFEchat National Conference in central London, the community’s most ambitious project to date.
Sarah can often be found on Twitter @MrsSarahSimons banging on about FE stuff. She lives in Nottingham, has a husband, a son and 2 ridiculous dogs.
