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New research has confirmed that curriculum design and how we present information about functional skills determines how well learners engage.
Following poor attendance and disengagement of young learners in Functional Skills classes, teaching staff at Barking and Dagenham College decided to find out why this was happening.
A new project has allowed a Deputy Principal to save almost £350,000 from her college’s budget, whilst continuing to improve the learner experience.
Further Education (FE) teachers, trainers and their employers now have the opportunity to help shape the workforce of the future.
A proposal document is being launched on Monday 15 October to inform the future design of the teacher training qualifications for the Further Education and Skills sector.
Strong governance, leadership and self-assessment are key to college success.
Today Ofsted is publishing How colleges improve, a report commissioned by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) and Ofsted to highlight how colleges can build on best practice and ensure the education and training they are providing is at least good or outstanding.
A second opportunity for trainee further education (FE) teachers to have their tuition fees reduced has been announced.
The Learning and Skills improvement Service (LSIS) is launching a second round of awards for those studying in the first year of an initial teacher education course in England that is validated by a university or other higher education institution.
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), the organisation responsible for supporting improvement in the further education (FE) and skills sector, has announced the appointment of 10 new members to its Council.
There will be a new revised Common Inspection Framework (CIF) starting from September that is designed to help raise standards, although it will present some challenges to the FE and Skills sector.
The CIF places a strong emphasis on teaching and learning, something we welcome as it is LSIS’s number one priority. Although the CIF has created new challenges for our sector, there is plenty of support available to help you prepare for these changes.
The problem of disability hate crime is being addressed in a resource pack created by young people who attend two colleges in Coventry.
The 'I'm Hating it' pack is for use with young people in colleges, schools and youth work settings in order to raise awareness of the problem.
Birmingham Metropolitan College is leading the way in developing new approaches to continuous professional development (CPD) to help staff improve teaching, learning and assessment. Last September the college introduced a new approach to CPD for all teaching and support staff, which focuses on topics that the staff themselves select and then undertake action research to investigate and identify solutions and improvements.
For the past year, the Gazelle group of colleges has been working with LSIS to take forward the entrepreneurship agenda in the sector. The most recent activity was a two-day workshop in July at the University of Warwick entitled “Towards Enterprising Futures”.
