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Maths and English functional skills: revised subject content
February 27th 2018
The Government response to the consultation on the revised subject content has been published, along with the revised subject content for Functional skills English and Functional S … Read more
Blended and face-to-face adult learning: research report
February 27th 2018
This report, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, describes a randomised control trial (RCT) into the relative effectiveness of face-to-face compared to ble … Read more
Adult learners of English and maths: longitudinal survey
February 27th 2018
This research aimed to provide a better understanding of learners’ experiences of adult English and maths courses in terms of skills gain, confidence and other life circumstances s … Read more
What’s the difference between maths and numeracy?
February 14th 2018
This report from National Numeracy explains what numeracy is, how it ‘hides’ behind maths, and how we can all help to make the UK numerate.
North East and Cumbria OTLA Final Dissemination Event
January 30th 2018
Practitioners and managers from across the education and training sector joined together at Ramside Hall in Durham on the 18th of December 2017 for an inspiring and uplifting event … Read more
Discover new materials and approaches to support the teaching and learning of functional skills
January 23rd 2018
This interactive 90-minute webinar will introduce you to a new set of highly engaging materials produced by the Education and Training Foundation to support learners’ Functional Sk … Read more
OTLA North East and Cumbria Calendar
January 16th 2018
This 2018 calendar, which is available to download and print, was produced by conference artist Graham Ogilvie to celebrate the success of the Outstanding Teaching Learning and Ass … Read more
Wolf Review: most of recommendations implemented
December 31st 2017
The government has announced that most of Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations for reform of 14 to 19 vocational education have been implemented. The Department for Education ha … Read more
Bitesize Functional Skills
December 12th 2017
New interactive resources to support functional skills maths and English are now available on the BBC Bitesize website
Effective practice in the delivery and teaching of English and Mathematics to 16-18 year olds
November 27th 2017
Report from the Department for Education on effective teaching and provision of English and mathematics to those without GCSE grades A* to C