A website by Easton & Otley College. This is an action research page about staff and students' opinions of digital technologies and how online learning and mobile devices could be used more extensively within college learning programmes.
The Whole Organisation Development Process has been designed, by the sector for the sector, to establish a prison led approach to quality improvement of learning, skills and work. The pack aims to support the Learning and Skills Manager and the Quality Improvement Group to:
- assess the position of their learning, skills and work provision in relation to Ofsted’s new Common Inspection Framework (2015);
- assist them in preparation for formal inspection;
- support the role of the Nominee.
This tool has been designed to get you thinking about what it means to be a transformational leader. It has been developed based on the current thinking about transformational leadership and designed to provide food for thought
This guide focuses on the importance of consulting, communicating and engaging with staff; recognising the valuable role they can and will play in taking forward any changes.
This project from the Workers Educational Association, worked with governors and trustees to capture the skills and knowledge needed by strategic decision makers to drive forward the management and use of technologies in learning.
Read the report to find out how trustees at WEA are saving time by using flipped learning to support meetings and how they are driving an organisation wide ‘Go Digital’ campaign.A zip file will be added shortly with a series of project resources.
This publication provides an overview of the activities and outcomes of the London Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment projects led by the Association of Colleges in 2015/2016.
This project from Heart of Worcestershire College has created an online resource to help governors understand and address the issues of implementing institution-wide technology for learning.
Bedford College works closely with schools and with the local authority to prepare pupils aged 14-16 for college entry and more recently has taken various initiatives to work with young learners to help guide their career choice. The case study highlights how that work comes together to help the college achieve good progression rates into employment, apprenticeships and higher level courses.
City College Peterborough (CCP) places great emphasis on enabling individuals maximize their potential, and often works in niche markets to help support the economic and social development of Peterborough. The vast majority of its young learners are vulnerable with multiple and complex barriers to education. The case study focuses on how CCP responds to the needs of a number of different client groups, and emphasises how seemingly disparate work is delivered under an overarching vision and value frame.
With the tag-line “Passionate about Learning”, Humber Learning Consortium (HLC) is a management and quality hub for providers across the Humber and Yorkshire. This case study focuses on how Humber learning Consortium (HLC) effectively uses subcontracting arrangements to secure a wide range of personal development and employability programmes alongside mainstream delivery. Through specific examination of the Talent Match programme, the case study also shows how service users are placed at the centre of decision-making and so ensures participants take a positive approach to learning.
