Four celebrate Technical Teaching Fellowships
Four further education teachers have been awarded prestigious Technical Teaching Fellowships from the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Launched in June 2018, the fellowships are designed to celebrate,
develop and disseminate exceptional practice in technical teaching. They are awarded to outstanding practitioners who are recognised for their high-impact teaching practice and delivering effective learner outcomes. The 2020/2021 Technical Teaching Fellows are (pictured left):
Dr Lynda Broomhead (Petroc College); Chris Fairclough (Lakes College, National College for Nuclear); Shell Fearn (North Hertfordshire College); Nicholas Hart (The Sheffield College). Each Fellow is awarded between £5,000 and £15,000 to support their activities, ensuring they have remission time from their day jobs. Fellows will develop knowledge transfer activity action plans (Pathways to Impact) to maximise the benefit of their Fellowships and will attend workshops, speak at conferences and deliver a final written report. David Russell, the ETF’s chief executive, said: “Everyone at the ETF would like to congratulate the four expert teachers on being awarded their Technical Teaching Fellowships. They will be a benefit to further education by being at the forefront of improving technical education in the sector.” Nigel Williams, Secretary of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, said: “These Fellowships will help raise standards of teaching in further education and thus inspire the next generation of British innovators who will develop the emerging technologies that are transforming the world economy.”
Read about the work of the first Technical Teaching Fellows, James Maltby and Stephen Mariadas, on page 15.
Free training and support for digital learning
A programme of free, online training and community support has been launched on the Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF’s) Enhance Digital Teaching Platform to help teachers and trainers prepare for delivery of the new digital entitlement courses later this year. The Department for Education and Training (DfE) commissioned the
ETF to deliver a blended professional development programme to prepare teachers, trainers and leaders to deliver the new qualifications which are based on the Essential Digital Skills (EDS) Framework, launched by Government in 2018, and the associated National Standards for EDS. The core of the ETF’s programme consists of 20 short, online training modules covering the five skills areas of the new national standards, together with an online community of practice to enable peer-to-peer support. Practitioners can assess their readiness to teach the digital courses through an online self-assessment tool. The online offer is complemented by a series of face-to-face workshops and webinars. The digital entitlement means that, from September, adults aged 19
and over, with no or low digital skills, can take EDS qualifications for free, under the Adult Education Budget, in line with the existing English and maths entitlements. The new standards cover five skills areas: using devices and handling information; creating and editing; communicating; transacting and being safe and responsible online. The Enhance Digital Teaching Platform has received an EdTech 50 2020 award for its role in shaping the education and technology sector across the UK. To see the new resources visit
enhance.etfoundation.co.uk
NEW CORPORATE PARTNERS A warm welcome to four new Corporate Partners of the Society for Education and Training (SET): Barnsley College; The Learning Enterprise, Virgin Care’s training and development arm; the social justice charity, Nacro; and training and apprenticeships provider Hoople Ltd. Corporate Partners have access to a range of professional development opportunities for their staff which can help providers improve outcomes for learners. Find out more about the benefits on the SET website.
BOOK FOR SET CONFERENCE 2020 Early bird tickets are now on sale for The SET Conference 2020, Learning for Today and Tomorrow, in Birmingham on 4 November. The award-winning conference
is the event of the year for further education practitioners, with high-profile keynote speakers, and a range of exciting and practical breakout sessions and exhibitors. Members can book early bird tickets for just £79 via the SET website.
JULY RESEARCH CONFERENCES Booking is now open for the sixth annual Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Practitioner Research Conference and the inaugural International Practice- Focused Research in Education Conference (IPFREC). The two conferences – themed as Shifting Horizons of Educational Practice, Theory and Research – will take place consecutively from 6 to 9 July at the University of Sunderland. For details and booking visit
bit.ly/ ETFResearchConference2020
HURRY FOR FREE ONLINE COURSE! The ETF’s Embedding Maths and English in Apprenticeships programme is still available free online until 31
March.To book visit
bit.ly/EmbeddingMathsandEnglish See story on page 23.
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