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Defining the Advanced Practitioner role
April 8th 2019
Joss Kang, Programme Director, writes on how research on the Advanced Practitioner role supports and drives the #APConnect Advanced Practitioner Professional Development Programme.

Work and mental health
February 23rd 2019
This free course from OpenLearn will help you explore how employment affects mental health and what can be done to support people in finding and keeping work.

Collaborative Projects
January 30th 2019
On the 11 January Collaborative Project Leads joined our second online Webinar, led by Joanne Miles, extending and reinforcing approaches to measuring project impact explored durin … Read more

Incentive programmes for the recruitment and retention of teachers in FE
December 7th 2018
This research, commissioned by the DfE and carried out by CooperGibson Research, aimed to identify the strategies or incentives which may most effectively drive recruitment and ret … Read more

CPD Programme
October 29th 2018
The team are busy finalising day 3. We are really looking forward to seeing you all again at either: Cohort 1, 9 November, Birmingham IBIS Cohort 2, 16 November, Leeds Novotel or C … Read more

GCSE re-sits: moving on
September 3rd 2018
An overview of maths and English GCSE re-sit results 2018 and an update on professional development opportunities to help you support your GCSE learners

Understanding the Role of Advanced Practitioners in FE
June 28th 2018
This research outlines the use and perceived impact of advanced practitioners to date, highlights effective practice, and provides practical illustrations and learning points.

OTLA Digital Projects North East & Cumbria
June 25th 2018
Find out how practitioners used action research to discover the most effective ways to spread and embed effective practice in the use of technology to support Outstanding Teaching, … 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

OTLA North East and Cumbria
October 4th 2017
This booklet provides an engaging overview of the 13 OTLA projects undertaken by over 200 practitioners from 42 providers across the North East and Cumbria.