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Landmark Research Further project announces first 11 scholars At the end of January, the Association of Colleges (AoC) in partnership with NCFE announced two staff from the Group within a total of 11 successful scholars to undertake funded research into areas of post-16 teaching practice and policy that have little to no data available currently.
Patricia Jones, Executive Director of Finance, whose research will look at achieving sustainable financial health for the FE sector.
This is great progress towards the Group’s ‘Educational Leadership’ strategic objective. Research Further is a scholarship programme supporting practitioners to carry out Masters or doctorate level study. There are a range of topics being researched and successful scholars will be given time to carry out their work and supported by the advisory board, consisting of representatives from government, awarding organisations, funders, and sector leaders from across the UK. Our successful scholars are: Catherine Lloyd, Director of Land Based Studies, who will research the delivery of courses at a time of significant change in the wider agricultural sector.
Photo (above) shows Pat Jones
Work will be tracked through a webinar series hosted by AoC and NCFE, and new knowledge on pedagogy or policy will be shared with the sector through think-pieces, reports, articles and blogs. As founding members of The Research College Group, we are well aware of the shortfall of truly practitioner-led research. This programme aims to address this and enable those within the Group to have a huge role to play in the future of FE.
Photo (left) shows Catherine Lloyd Pg.9
