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Practitioner Research Sharing Events
June 9th 2022
These online twilight sessions are designed to provide insights into effective practitioner research from those with experience and expertise in the field.
Embedding wellbeing in EDS programmes
December 3rd 2021
Find out what FE practitioners have discovered about the impact misinformation is having in COVID-19 times, and how their action research project has had a positive influence on th … Read more
Emojis in English and ESOL
December 2nd 2021
Find out how FE practitioners from Kendal College and South Lakes Community Learning have been using emojis to help learners develop their vocabulary acquisition skills and confide … Read more
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.
Doing Action Research
October 12th 2021
This new publication is an accessible and practical guide with lots of real-life examples of research carried out by FE practitioners.
Developing writing
September 3rd 2021
This planning tool, developed by Lakes College, aims to help learners complete longer writing tasks and to build a bridge between English and vocational subjects.
OTLA English and maths
September 7th 2020
Fifty-one providers joined the Outstanding Teaching Learning and Assessment English and maths programme to develop new support models to improve learner engagement.
OTLA English and maths 2020
May 29th 2020
A team led by ccConsultancy has secured funding from the Education and Training Foundation to support action research projects that focus on approaches to teaching, learning and as … 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.