Championing the best practice in technical teaching, learning and assessment - Rathbone Training
This Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment project (OTLA), from 2016 - 2017, was a partnership between Petroc College of Further and Higher Education and Plymouth College of Art. It focused on raising teachers’ and learners’ awareness of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) and its role in identifying skills gaps. It also explored mindfulness as a way of developing soft skills. Outputs included employability resources and a positive introduction to mindfulness for staff and students.
The project was based at Her Majesty’s Prison and Young Offenders Institution Doncaster. It was led by Novus working with partners including Nacro, Catch22 and other prisons. This Outstanding Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (OTLA) project from 2016/17, aimed to improve the quality of teaching, learning, and assessment by addressing poor attendance in education and work sessions in offender learning. The work included raising awareness of the importance of education to prisoners and staff, and embedding maths and English in vocational contexts.
This OTLA project aimed to identify and bring the attention of senior leaders anf managers to the issues arising in FE and Sixth Form Colleges.
A survey of board composition across FE and Sixth Form Colleges carried out in 2013
As part of the OTLA National Technical Programme, Harlow College worked with a group of other providers to develop a CPD package that aimed to improve teaching, learning and assessment in Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction.
This report is based on fifteen interviews conducted by the team into the topic of Innovation. They reviewed practices and successes both inside the FE sector and outside it noting the factors that seem to determine success. Three reports written by the contributors analyse the lessons learnt and point to ways in which Innovation might be improved in the FE sector.
This collaborative outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) technical skills project
This podcast is a short taster session featuring David Hughes, Chief Executive of AoC, and Julie Nerney, Chair of AoC Board and Chair of Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. It covers how boards can be successful, how they can measure that success, and opportunities on the horizon for colleges.
Understanding board responsibilities for the workforce taster podcast.