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 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 27 Aug, 2024 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Recent far-right riots and violence across the UK have left many feeling fearful and unsafe. These distressing events will have affected individuals across the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector, from leaders and educators through to learners and their communities. The widespread violence started after the spread of misinformation on social media, following an attack […]
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Posted on Fri 12 Jul, 2024 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Dr Paul Tully discusses the Education and Training Foundation’s Social Value in FE Skills Sector Survey. Social value summarises the varied social, psychological and community benefits that a service like education offers people who engage with it. To promote the ‘social value’ that Further Education (FE) and Skills providers achieve for their learners and for […]
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Posted on Tue 9 Jul, 2024 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Dr Lou Mycroft reflects on the launch event for the Changing Systems of Change report. This is such a pivotal time for our sector. In the aftermath of a general election, with chaos in the world and much of it playing out in our classrooms, Further Education (FE) and Skills has an opportunity to step […]
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Posted on Tue 15 Feb, 2022 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
In November 2021, at the Society for Education and Training (SET) annual conference, David Russell, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), took part in a panel discussion on educational recovery, with guest speakers Professor Ken Spours from the UCL Institute of Education, and Bally Kaur, Research Lead at the Institute of Education at the University of Derby.
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Posted on Wed 15 Dec, 2021 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
In the lead up to November’s ‘month of learning’, I wrote about how the FE sector is ‘stronger together’. One critical way to achieving this is through an inclusive culture which enables a diverse range of voices to share their experiences and knowledge.
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Posted on Sun 1 Nov, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Article by Teresa Carroll, National Head of Inclusion at the ETF, on diversity and learning in the FE sector.
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Posted on Wed 21 Oct, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
ETF Regional Specialist Lead Bob Read talks to Dominic Nice of West Suffolk College about maths delivery at the start of the 2020-21 academic year
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Posted on Fri 17 Jul, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Article by Simon Day, Vice-President of Education at Toastmasters International
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Posted on Thu 16 Jul, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Teresa Carroll, the ETF’s National Head of Inclusion, writes about diversity, inclusion and the Tomorrow’s leaders: a world beyond disability publication.
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Posted on Wed 15 Jul, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
The ETF Thinks… article by David Russell, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation.
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Posted on Wed 15 Jul, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
The ETF Thinks… article by David Russell, Chief Executive of the Education and Training Foundation.
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Posted on Tue 7 Apr, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
Inspiration and innovation are always linked. As Albert Einstein famously said, “You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.”
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Posted on Fri 27 Mar, 2020 | Category #ETFSupportsFE
In this blog, Teresa Carroll, the ETF’s National Head of Inclusion, writes about why the ‘So What is the FE Sector?’ guide was developed.
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