The missing 'curriculum' link in Green Skills
Now is the time to deliver a comprehensive 'Green Skills' curriculum to all our learners, staff, workforce and society. Our pledges and...
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- Jan 19
- 5 min
Curriculum Development for Sustainability in Further Education & Skills
The debate is done, and common agreement has been reached on the necessary actions. We are now at the stage where we need to design,...
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- Dec 20, 2021
- 5 min
Sustainability in 2021 ... What happened and where next in Further Education & Skills
What has happened in 2021 What a year! 2021 has certainly been a different one. During early summer 2021 the common belief was that the...
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- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
I'm a Lean, Mean, Green Machine ... The unforeseen impacts of COP26 and the Green Revolution
I never thought such a time would ever come when sustainability would be top of the global agenda and people queuing up to attempt to...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
The Great Greenwashing of the Further Education & Skills Sector
With COP26 on the horizon, Net Zero Carbon in the news daily and with the #greenrevolution and #buildbackgreener clearly under way,...
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- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Decarbonisation... and how to deliver it via Strategic Development Fund
‘Decarbonisation’ refers to the process of reducing ‘carbon intensity’, by lowering the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
On your marks, get set ... let the sustainability journey begin!
Since our release from the horrors of Covid-19 lockdown, a new dawn for sustainability has emerged. Interestingly most of us did not...
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- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
All aboard the Sustainability Train ...
The COVID - 19 recovery and reality of Post-Brexit UK, coupled with the #G7summit in Cornwall, the forthcoming #COP26 in Scotland in Nov,...
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- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
Strategic Evidence - Based Decision Making in the FES Sector - the Human Factor!
I have been working on a project to develop a strategic evidence-based decision toolkit for the Further Education and Skills (FES)...
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- Mar 7, 2021
- 4 min
Improvement Journey Planning - Strategic decision making in Further Education & Skills
Providing an annual reflection on historical performance to improve and inform performance management and planning, via a “quality cycle”...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
How to embed the EIF into your organisation, improving the quality of education and performance
The advent of the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) has been a blessing for the sector. Organisation have been able to...
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- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
An opportunity not to be missed! Let us address BLM & COVID-19 in FES sector now!
When we lookback at the events of 2020 – 2021 from the future, there will be two powerful legacies that will stand out in history. 1. The...
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- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
National Skills Fund - Level 3 adult offer - Getting it right!
As part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, a targeted level 3 adult offer has been developed to support adults without an existing full...
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
English & maths in Further Education? How do we fix it??
I have been lucky and unfortunate with this beast! It is one of the big things that haunts us all in Further Education! As we all know,...
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- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Art & Science of quality improvement in Further Education & Skills Sector.
Quality improvement in the Further Education and Skills (FES) sector is the key driver for operational and strategic focus of all...
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- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
Curriculum Intent: Bridging the Gap - Transition to T-Levels falls short!
As the business planning season is in full swing, with the traditional review of provision, in which we analyse recruitment, Key...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Quality Improvement: a new 'risk' based approach for Ofsted inspection & improvement planning
A risk based approach to understand and plan for the quality improvement journey, to secure sustainable quality improvements and improve...
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- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Innovative Curriculum Design - a Training Casino in SE London
In 2011, I started working in the Further Education College in SE London, where I had studied for my A levels in the early 1990's. I was...
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- Nov 6, 2020
- 1 min
e-learning - During COVID-19 Lockdown
At the start lockdown in March 2020, I was working in an FE College in Central London, I was project managing the Strategic College...
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- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
A new approach to Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement
Self-Assessment Reports (SARs) and Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) are far too often just a tick box exercise. They are more than often...
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