Taking part in the Social Enterprise Ambassadors' Programme, Longden looked to increase collaboration between themselves as a learning and skills provider and the West Midlands social enterprise sector. Further, Longden wished to to build their capacity to create a Social Enterprise by refining the work that they do within the five Local Authorities to create self sustaining activities and contributing to a philosophy of doing more for less.

This project sought to improve the utilisation of ICT as a tool in delivering teaching and learning and in efficient day-to-day operations and was targeted to deliver on five distinct aims over a 6-month period encompassing communications, staff CPD, training materials and e-learning.

This case study shows how Leeds City College sought to implement e-collaboration through the shared design of a distance learning course, and as a result save tutor time, reduce the College’s carbon footprint, increase productivity and improve cross-campus curriculum efficiency.

A case study describing a project aiming to improve a number of staff processes including induction, probation, appraisal, teaching observation, HR and CPD by providing a flexible online tool with the ability to track completion and non completion of processes and targets.