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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.

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.