CONTENTS SPRING 2023

Upfront

05 NEWS

Recognising apprenticeship achievements, New Year Honours list for further education colleagues, and new online SEND CPD modules are launched

08 OPINION

Views from Katerina Kolyva, new CEO of the ETF, and Martine Ellis FSET ATS

12 ADVICE

How experiental education helps people to become more actively engaged in the learning process

The Knowledge

26 STAYING UP TO SPEED

Sam Jones outlines the findings from her research into how industrial knowledge can struggle to make it into the classroom

30 TANGIBLE IMPACT

Maggie Gregson and Paul Kessell-Holland look at the difference the ETF’s Practitioner Research Programme has made

33 CLOSE THE GAP

Lynette Leith looks at how developing core and character skills can help tackle the socio-economic education gap

MEMBERS’ CORNER

36 THE FORUM

News about the SET22 Conference, membership renewal and requirements for CPD in 2023/24

38 MY LIFE IN TEACHING

Daniel Jones on coming from a teaching family and making a difference to learners’ lives

EDITOR: Nick Martindale

LEAD DESIGNER: David Twardawa

SUB-EDITORS: James Hundleby, Amy Beveridge

PICTURE RESEARCHER: Claire Echavarry

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Features

14 GET TECHNICAL

It’s time to preprare for the introduction of Digital Functional Skills Qualifications (DFSQs) for over-16s

17 TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF FE

What’s inspiring people to work in the sector?

21 VIRTUOUS CIRCLE

How inter-sectoral working is equipping learners with the right insight and soft skills to transition into industry following the end of their studies

24 A DAY TO REMEMBER

The grand return of the SET22 Conference in Birmingham

DIRECTOR: Martin Reid

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ETF DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Paul Kessell-Holland

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