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#StudyGood Conference 2020
April 15th 2020
Provider achievements from the Education and Training Foundation’s reimagined Study Programme support initiative were showcased at the StudyGood Conference held in Birmingham on th … Read more
Virtual Reading Groups
April 8th 2020
Reading Groups for Everyone (RGfE), an initiative from The Reading Agency, is the UK’s largest reading group network. Whether you’re already in a reading group, want to join one or … Read more
OTLA English
March 24th 2020
The Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment English programme enabled practitioners to research and develop new approaches for teaching English in the post-16 sector.
OTLA English: building a writing community
February 3rd 2020
Andy Convery, Research Lead for the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (English) programme, writes a review of two very productive writing days.
Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19
January 21st 2020
The Ofsted Annual Report 2018 / 2019, published on the 21st of January 2020, presents inspection findings for further education and skills, early years childcare, schools and socia … Read more
Leitch Report and Skills for Life
January 1st 2020
The final report of the Leitch review of the UK’s long term skills needs, published in 2006, called for 95% of British adults to have basic numeracy and literacy by 2020.
Assess for Success
December 19th 2019
This programme, created by Manchester College, aims to improve the assessment of learners resitting GCSE English.
Action Research in the Post-16 Sector
December 19th 2019
Claire Collins, OTLA English programme lead for the ETF, and Dr Catherine McPartland share their experiences of running action research (AR) projects in the post-16 sector, and off … Read more
The OTLA English programme
December 18th 2019
Find out how participants in the OTLA English programme were able to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in English in FE.
English Maths and ESOL Annual Conference 2019
December 10th 2019
A review of the English Maths and ESOL Annual Conference 2019, a sector event dedicated to adult literacy, numeracy and English language policy, practice and research held on the 4 … Read more