SET corporate partner shines at this year’s Tes FE Awards
Many congratulations to all the winners of the Tes FE Awards, including one of the Society for Education and Training’s corporate partners, Fareham College, which won the FE College of the Year category. The college was among 17 category winners announced at the recent
awards ceremony in London. Judges said Fareham’s success rested on a series of teaching, learning and assessment measures. Assessed as outstanding overall by Ofsted in October 2017, it has committed itself to spending one per cent of turnover on staff development, and holding an annual Star Awards event to celebrate staff achievement. Nigel Duncan, Fareham’s principal and chief executive, said: “We’re thrilled to win this award. This has been an amazing few months for us. “By being engaged with SET, staff feel well supported with their
training needs and feel that they are invested in.” Among the other Tes FE Award winners was ELATT, the charitable adult and community learning provider that featured in issue 28 of inTuition. ELATT won the Contribution to the Local Community Award for its Equal Voices project supporting migrant and refugee women. Nafisah Graham-Brown (pictured left), a Member of SET who was
our cover interviewee in issue 28, said: “This award is amazing national recognition of the innovative project created by our Life Skills Tutor team in partnership with the East London Citizens Organisation, TELCO, to enable our students to build skills and confidence to advocate for themselves in order to move forward in their lives.” The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) sponsored three of the
17 awards: Best Teaching and Learning Initiative – Barking & Dagenham College; FE Leader of the Year – Lowell Williams, principal of Dudley College of Technology; Overall FE Provider of the Year – Foxes Academy. Alison Scattergood, a barbering and hairdressing tutor at East Durham College, won Teacher of the Year. See the full results at
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Outstanding teaching CPD sessions
By Beth Bishop SET members are eligible for discounts on a series of 10 professional development sessions offered as part of the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment National Technical Skills Programme. A national conference is also planned for 20 March in London
where themes from the various OTLA programme projects will be explored. Discounted rates are also available for SET members. The OTLA programme has been running since February 2017. It is funded by the Education and Training Foundation (SET) and managed by the Association of Colleges (AoC), in partnership with emfec. There have been 21 provider-led, joint practice development projects run as part of the programme with the aim of improving teaching, learning and assessment ahead of the technical education reforms. The continuing professional development (CPD) sessions will run
across England until April 2018. Sessions offer critical and practical insights for teachers, trainers and managers. The national conference will include breakout sessions looking at different technical routes and themes of the development projects, lessons learnt as well as an interesting panel debate on ‘What is excellent technical education?’. To see the full series of CPD sessions, including dates, locations, agendas and information visit
goo.gl/NTbEy5 For more information on the conference, including how to book, click here:
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NEW BOARD MEMBER
Steven Coleby (pictured) has joined the SET management board (SMB). Steven, who
is a training een collees
have signed up for SET Corporate Partner status since it was introduced in May 2017. For more information on becoming a partner visit the SET website or, if you are reading your digital inTuition, click on the following link
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manager for BAE Systems, will be working with the board to draw together recommendations from the Practitioner Advisory Group an ace ro staff to agree and shape annual operational and strategic plans for SET and QTLS. eel onore an attere to
be offere a oston on te and I am looking forward to the oortnt to ae an nence on the strategic direction of SET,” Steven said.
APPRENTICESHIP AWARDS Winners of the 2017 National Apprenticeship Awards have been announced, celebrating individual apprentices and their employers. Among the employers recognised
were Beauty Oasis Spa, Superior Seals Limited, Dale Power Solutions, the Royal Air Force, Lander Automotive Ltd and the Yorkshire Building Society. For full details on all the winners visit the National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 online or, if you are reading your inTuition, in digital format, click on this link
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HEAD OF MEMBERSHIP
The Society for Education and Training has appointed
Martin Reid as its new head of membership.
Martin, who has worked
Beth Bishop is head of projects at the Association of Colleges
previously for the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, relaces ara oran, o le or a ne callene aer tree successful years in the role.
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