This piece first appeared over at FE Week. Ofsted’s education inspection framework sets out three basic criteria by which a college’s curriculum will be assessed: intent, implementation and impact. Of these, intent is critical because it determines everything else. Get it wrong and everything else will be too. Thankfully, the sector doesn’t need to guess […]
Further Education
Anthony Bravo of BCoT on How the College is Using LMI to Achieve Curriculum Intent
In our previous videos, we spoke to Ofsted’s Specialist Adviser for Further Education and Skills, Chris Jones, the CEO of FE News, Gavin O’Meara, and the Principal of East Durham College, Suzanne Duncan, to get their thoughts on Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework, what it has to say about Curriculum Intent, and how Labour Market […]
FE News’ Gavin O’Meara Talks Curriculum Intent and the Exciting Potential of Data
In our previous video in this series of videos on Curriculum Intent, Ofsted’s Chris Jones gave us his thoughts on how Curriculum Intent, Implementation and Impact all fit together, as well as the importance of LMI, and how he sees apprenticeships fitting into it all. In our latest video, we caught up with Gavin […]
Ofsted’s Chris Jones Gives His Views on Curriculum Intent
Our recent video — Curriculum Intent: Why Labour Market Insight Matters — featured a number of leaders in the Further Education sector giving their views on the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework, and in particular what the concept of Curriculum Intent means for colleges, and how Labour Market Insight is critical to achieving it. […]
Curriculum Intent: Why Labour Market Insight Matters
Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework brings in the concept of the three I’s — Intent, Implementation and Impact — with Intent underpinning everything. But what does this mean for colleges in terms of their curriculum planning, and how is Labour Market Insight critical to it? We spoke to a number of leaders in the Further […]
Fantastic Opportunities to Develop Curriculum Intent Using Labour Market Insight
This piece first appeared over on FE News. With the start of the new academic year now in full swing, colleges up and down the country will already be turning their attention to planning their curriculum for the start of the next academic year in September 2020. There is, however, an added dimension with […]
Data Dabbling: Professional Profiles and Career Outcomes
According to the Ofsted’s Further Education and Skills Handbook, one of the things their inspectors will be looking for colleges to evidence under the new Education Inspection Framework will be: “Any information provided about the destinations to which their learners progress when they leave the provider.” This presents something of a problem for providers, since […]
How Can Your Existing Institutional Data Take Your Delivery to the Next Level?
In the fourth in our series of conference snapshots, Jeff Merriman, CTO and Co-Founder of DXtera Institute talks about how both universities and colleges can harness the power of operational data, by firstly extracting it from their current systems, then analysing it to answer key questions on learning outcomes, competencies and skills (DXtera, like […]
Digital Credentials: Rethinking the Currency of Qualifications
In the third of a series of short videos from our recent conference, City & Guilds’ Kirstie Donnelly MBE talks about how the fast pace of change in the nature of work, and the type of skills being demanded, must be reflected in how we think about learning and particularly qualifications. She argues for a […]
Demonstrating Your College’s Positive Intent and Impact
This piece was written for FE News. One of the most common areas of discussion I am having with senior management in the Further Education sector right now is that of “demonstrating positive intent and impact”. This is perhaps unsurprising, since Ofsted have recently included sections on Intent and Impact in their proposed new Education […]
