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Getting FE Students HE Ready - Kirklees College

    Resource Type: 
    etf
    PID: 
    etf:3226
    Description: 

    A collaborative OTLA action research project by Kirklees College between LRC staff, vocational tutors & students.

    Document: 
    PDF icon OTLA Phase 6 (English) - Kirklees College.pdf
    Taxonomy: 
    Practitioner Research and Evidence Hub: 
    Yes
    Principal focus of the project: 

    The project was focussed on:

    1. Developing a collaborative relationships between the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) staff, vocational tutors & students.

    2. Providing support tutors to enable students’ independent study skills.

    What is this about and what were the main findings: 

    Central to this project is a re-branded cross-college study skills VLE page, developed by the LRC staff, as a resource for staff and students whilst also being used as a springboard to promote the services offered by the LRC team. There were 3 main findings learnt from the project: (1) the use of formal methods of written communication needs to be reviewed; (2) having a range of roles within the project team created opportunities for sharing practice;(3) the 'pick and mix' approach to the new VLE page was well received.

    Number of learner participants: 
    N/A
    Number of staff participants: 
    N/A
    Number of organisation participants: 
    1
    Name of associate programmes: 

    OTLA Phase 6 (English)

    PREP Starred: 
    PREP Starred