Posted on Fri 25 Apr, 2025 | Category Transformation in action
Part of the Transformation in action blog series In this series of blogs, Dr Katerina Kolyva, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), reports on her visits to Further Education (FE) and Skills providers across the sector. She uncovers the transformational learning opportunities available to students alongside the dedicated professionalism of teachers, trainers […]
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Posted on Thu 27 Mar, 2025 | Category Uncategorized
Are you struggling with T Level curriculum and implementation, or building strong employer relationships? The Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) Professional Development for Leaders programme is designed to help you succeed. This programme is part of ETF’s broader T Level Professional Development (TLPD) offer and is fully funded by the Department for Education. The programme […]
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Posted on Thu 27 Mar, 2025 | Category Transformation in action
Part of the Transformation in action blog series In this series of blogs, Dr Katerina Kolyva, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), reports on her visits to Further Education (FE) and Skills providers across the sector. She uncovers the transformational learning opportunities available to students alongside the dedicated professionalism of teachers, trainers […]
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Posted on Wed 19 Mar, 2025 | Category Uncategorized
T Level teachers across all subjects are getting invaluable support from the Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) Industry Insights programme. The programme supports teachers’ CPD by keeping them up to date with the latest industry trends and practice in their subject area through meaningful interaction with employers and sector experts. Industry Insights provides a range […]
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Posted on Fri 7 Mar, 2025 | Category Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Course data by the Education and Training Foundation shows that, in 2023, female leaders constituted 66% of participants in our leadership programmes cohort compared to 54% of female leaders working in the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector during the same time period. This could suggest that more women than men were preparing for managerial […]
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Posted on Thu 6 Mar, 2025 | Category Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
With this year’s International Women’s Day coming up, we’re looking back at themes from previous years and their ongoing relevance today. In this article, first published in the spring 2024 edition of our membership magazine, InTuition, ETF’s CEO, Dr Katerina Kolyva, discussed leadership, sharing inspiring stories from women in leadership positions across the Further Education […]
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Posted on Sat 1 Mar, 2025 | Category Apprenticeship Workforce Development
Christine Edwards leads a course on supporting apprentices with contextualised English and maths in the ETF’s Apprenticeship Workforce Development (AWD) Programme. A passionate advocate of embedding maths and English in vocational learning, Christine loves sharing the skills and techniques she has built up from her extensive experience of helping tutors and apprentices to find their […]
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Posted on Tue 11 Feb, 2025 | Category Apprenticeship Workforce Development
For this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (10 to 14 February 2025), Jo McKenzie, Senior Education Advisor at the Education and Training Foundation, explores what is meant by ‘skills for life’ and discusses how apprenticeships underpin the Government’s missions and priorities. National Apprenticeship Week is an annual celebration of the value of apprenticeships for our society […]
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Posted on Fri 7 Feb, 2025 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
Tackling extremism and social division presents a significant challenge for Further Education (FE) and Skills leaders and educators. From far-right violence to religious extremism and extreme misogyny, the factors driving different forms of extremism are many and complex. Palvinder Singh, Principal at Kirklees College, and Dr Vikki Smith, Executive Director, Education and Standards, at the […]
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Posted on Sat 1 Feb, 2025 | Category Apprenticeship Workforce Development
Customer Care Team Leader, Rebecca Wood, has recently embarked on her second apprenticeship, this time in Operational Management Level 5. She feels that apprenticeships have been fundamental to her career progression as she aims towards a management job in a global manufacturer. What company do you work for and what is your current role? I work […]
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Posted on Mon 9 Dec, 2024 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Dr Vikki Smith, Executive Director of Education and Standards at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), attended the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) conference in November and shares her reflections on the theme of professionalism in the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector. On Thursday, 26 November, ETF was proud to contribute to a panel […]
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Posted on Sun 1 Dec, 2024 | Category Apprenticeship Workforce Development
Bally Bhogal leads two courses on Effective Governance of Apprenticeships, as part of the ETF’s Apprenticeship Workforce Development (AWD) Programme – one version for managers and the other for senior leaders. With a background in business support, as well as further education and skills, Bally knows from first-hand experience how complex apprenticeships can be to […]
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Posted on Wed 27 Nov, 2024 | Category T Level Professional Development (TLPD)
In this blog, Libby Haughton, Programme Area Manager, Health and Social Care, Child Education and Business at Lancaster and Morecambe College, writes about her experience of the T Level Leadership Mentoring Programme. Taking time for your own development when time is so precious can be difficult, but taking part in ETF’s T Level Leadership Mentoring […]
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Posted on Mon 25 Nov, 2024 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Professor Kevin Orr, Visiting Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield, and Dr Vikki Smith, Executive Director, Education and Standards, Education and Training Foundation, delivered a breakout session at the Association of Colleges annual conference 2024 on ‘Elevating the value of teaching in FE for a fairer society’. In this blog, they reflect on some of the […]
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Posted on Tue 19 Nov, 2024 | Category Transformation in action
Part of the Transformation in action blog series In this series of blogs, Dr Katerina Kolyva, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), reports on her visits to Further Education (FE) and Skills providers across the sector. She uncovers the transformational learning opportunities available to students alongside the dedicated professionalism of teachers, trainers […]
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