Further Education

Who you gonna call?

Date: 
23/05/2014 - 12:00
Location: 
Professional Development Today
Files: 
PDF icon Who you gonna call PDT article.pdf

Philippa Cordingley and Natalia Buckler have written in Professional Development Today about the use of specialist expertise in schools and colleges. With the movement towards professional development being school focused and schooled, important implications are raised for the contribution of external expertise.

Philippa Cordingley and Natalia Buckler explore the evidence for using specialists effectively and cast light on who they are.

You can find the article here. 

Document type: 
Article
Conference Paper
Journal
Phase: 
Foundation
Primary
Secondary
Further Education

BFI/Into Film- 5-19 programme

The British Film Institute (BFI) has commissioned CUREE to conduct an evaluation of the 5-19 film education programme that is being delivered by Into Film, in partnership with the BFI, over a period of four years (2013-2017). This programme includes a wide range of activities (such as film clubs, film festivals and film making activities) to encourage watching, making and critical understanding of film for 5-19 year olds across the UK.

Effective Evaluation

Date: 
28/03/2014 - 09:00 to 17:00
Location: 
London
Files: 
PDF icon Effective Evaluation (TDT event).pdf

How do schools, colleges and other providers - including CPD providers - use evidence effectively to evaluate their own activities? The attached presentation approaches this question from substantial body of evidence about the characteristics of CPD which improves student learning outcomes.

Document type: 
Presentation
Phase: 
Foundation
Primary
Secondary
Further Education
Higher Education

The challenge of maths and English teaching in the Further Education and Skills Sector in England

English and maths in the FE and skills sector

The Education and Training Foundation was tasked with  implementing a new plan to improve the reach of numeracy and literacy teaching at level 2 including GCSEs in the country’s vocational education sector. The objective was to create a cohort of “work entrants” with world class numeracy and literacy skills and knowledge.

ETF Evaluation

CUREE is currently working with the Education and Training Foundation, the body set up by the Department for Education to represent and support the Further Education sector, to provide a framework for structuring evidence-based evaluation of their various services to develop and build capacity amongst FE colleges and work based training providers.

FILMCLUB Inclusion Projects Evaluation

FILMCLUB Inclusion Projects Evaluation

CUREE are working with FILMCLUB to evaluate their three new inclusion projects. These projects aim to use film to help specific (including disadvantaged) groups of students. These projects target:

  • newly arrived students and their peers;
  • students with SEN and their peers; and
  • students in rural areas who rarely travel outside of their community.

 

The evaluation will look at how the project has impacted on pupil outcomes such as:

Optimus Conference 2013

Date: 
12/11/2013 - 09:00 to 16:30
Location: 
London

CUREE attended the Optimus Conference 2013 - Evidence High-Impact In-House CPD on 12th November. We were delighted that Philippa chaired  the conference and presented "Practical methods to accurately measure and evaluate the impact of CPD on the Quality of Teaching". Lisa Bradbury presented "Establish and sustain continuous, flexible coaching and mentoring programmes to support staff from ITT to SLT". 

Click here to view the opening presentation 

Document type: 
Presentation
Phase: 
Primary
Secondary
Further Education