Critical understanding and practical guidance for existing lecturers and trainee teachers within FE, explaining how they can overcome the challenges of managing diversity and promoting equality to establish a positive learning environment to meet the needs of all learners.

Sheine Peart has worked in schools, colleges, local authorities and youth and community settings. She taught in Further Education for fifteen years teaching on various vocational programmes and working with challenging students. She held the post of the college Equalities Manager for eight years and previously managed a local authority education team dedicated to raising the achievement of African and Caribbean pupils. In her current post at Nottingham Trent University she teaches on the pre-service fulltime PGCE, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (Prof Grad Cert) and the Certificate in Education (CertEd) for LLS as well as managing the Masters in Education courses. She is currently engaged in supporting one large urban college in developing a dedicated in house student support group for Black male students, called 'Black on Track'.