This is a survival guide for middle managers in FE. Ann Briggs provides readers with helpful hints and strategies for dealing with the key issues associated with this role, such as managing people, liaising with other staff, being an effective leader as well as succeeding as a player-manager. Informative and engaging, this practical guide will prove essential readers for all managers in FE.

Ann Briggs is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She taught for over ten years in a variety of FE colleges in the UK.

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Middle Management Context
Chapter 2 - Who are the Middle Managers?
Chapter 3 - Managing the College
Chapter 4 - Making it Happen
Chapter 5- Managing People
Chapter 6 - Working Together
Chapter 7 - Middle Managers as Leaders
Chapter 8 - The Whole-College Context
Chapter 9 - The 'New Professionals'
Further Resources
Links to Other Series Publications