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Tenders update January 2022
January 10th 2022
Take a look at the latest tenders for the provision of services to the Essential Skills sector.

Skills for Life Network E-News Update December 2021
December 8th 2021
Check out the latest Skills for Life Network E-News Update for a round up of the latest news, resources, courses and career opportunities.

Train the Trainers in Advanced Practice
December 7th 2021
The #APConnect Northstar Train the Trainers in Advanced Practice pathway is an exciting, fresh and cutting-edge professional development opportunity for experienced Advanced Practi … Read more

Rethinking the role of the Advanced Practitioner in FE
December 6th 2021
This evaluation of Year 3 of the #APConnect professional development programme for Advanced Practitioners provides an inspiring review of how APs across the country are shaping, dr … Read more

Digital Functional Skills qualifications
December 4th 2021
The subject content, aims and learning objectives for digital functional skills qualifications from 2021 have now been published.

#FEtapestry newsletter December 2021
December 1st 2021
Check out the #FEtapestry newsletter for the latest practitioner-created content and practitioner-led events.

Tenders update December 2021
December 1st 2021
Take a look at the latest tenders for the provision of services to the Essential Skills sector.

Redefining Advanced Practitioners
November 24th 2021
In his blog post, titled Redefining Advanced Practitioners, Colin Forrest writes on how the #APConnect programme has supported Advanced Practitioners in taking their practice into … Read more

EdTech Support Programme
November 24th 2021
The Manchester College offers fully-funded CPD to staff from all ESFA funded providers as part of their EdTech Support Programme.

Anthology of Practitioner Action Research Reports
November 23rd 2021
A new Education and Training Foundation anthology of project reports highlighting the value of action research in the post-16 Education and Training sector is now available.