The Further Education of Mike Carter by Richard Ayres

The Further Education of Mike Carter by Richard Ayres

Mike Carter has been a lecturer at Streetbridge College of Further Education for 30 years. He has been the leader of the pack, scourge of college management, seducer of students, colleagues and wives of colleagues. But now, approaching 60, things are going awry. The younger lecturers are no longer in thrall to him, his powers of seduction are declining, and those whom he has offended over the years, sensing his diminishing influence, are seeking to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Marcia Martell, the young, newly appointed Principal, is determined to drag the institution into the 21st century in the face of foot-dragging by the older members of her management team and opposition from the lecturers' union. She issues a memorandum to staff imposing a new code of dress and behaviour: this is seized on by Mike Carter as an opportunity to re-assert his waning influence by leading the fight against her. However, the politics of the workplace are muddied by events in the personal lives of the protagonists, and by antagonisms and jealousies between individuals, generations and competing interest groups. When sexual tension is added to the mix, the outcome is unpredictable. The author began working in Colleges of FE in 1968. He was a lecturer, an Adult Education organiser, Head of Department and finally a Vice-Principal, before retiring in 1995.

Richard Ayres was a lecturer, then a manager, in Further Education. He began writing after he retired and began attending various writing workshops, culminating in an MA course.

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ISBN 13	9781908775665
ISBN 10	1908775661
Title	The Further Education of Mike Carter
Author	Richard Ayres
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Legend Press Ltd
Year published	2012-02-01
Number of pages	352
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