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OTLA North East & Cumbria Interim Dissemination Event
September 21st 2017
Practitioners and managers from across the education and training sector joined together for an inspiring and uplifting event to mark the half way point in the North-East and Cumbr … Read more

An Introduction to Practitioner-led Research
July 12th 2017
The OTLA team in the North East and Cumbria have developed a one-day introductory course for practitioners in Education and Training settings who may be new to practitioner-led res … Read more

“We are all Researchers!” Creating a research-active community
July 12th 2017
Professor Jean McNiff made this powerful rallying call to the support assistants, trainers, assessors, teachers and managers who work across the prisons, training providers, workpl … Read more

Newcastle College
June 2nd 2017
Newcastle College aspires to be a great place to work. We attract individuals who are adaptable and keen to create and meet new challenges for the organisation. We are flexible, ha … Read more

New ways of seeing into and making changes to teaching, learning and assessment practices
April 14th 2017
David Powell, Director of The Education and Training Consortium, writes on how the theories of practice architectures and ecologies of practices can enable us to understand teachin … Read more

Qualifications in education, training and assessment: revised guidance
December 6th 2016
The Education and Training Foundation, working with a variety of sector bodies, has produced revised guidance on the qualifications in education, training and assessment available … Read more

A local human resource to support you
January 25th 2016
Find out about the support available to you from the Education and Training Foundation funded Regional Specialist Leads in maths, English and SEND.

News from Newcastle College School of Education
December 2nd 2015
Equip yourself to teach Maths, English or LDD/SEN learners. Get recognition for your learning support role. Become an assessor or verifier. Develop your understanding of the new Ma … Read more

Self-development using the 2014 Professional Standards
July 14th 2015
The Standards set out clear expectations of effective practice in education and training. This first workbook brings together a selection of tools and resources that will help you … Read more

Society for Education and Training (SET) launches
May 26th 2015
The Society for Education and Training (SET) is the new professional membership organisation of the Education and Training Foundation for practitioners working in the post-16 educa … Read more