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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
Longley Park 6th Form College: LPTV – Networked TV for modern teaching
Tutors have long found using videos beneficial to visual learners. Longley Park 6th Form College has developed an in-house TV system that allows easy access, control, and flexibility for the organisation [...]

The 9th content theme: e-Safety - Safeguarding FE learners in a digital world is now live on the Excellence Gateway.
This theme highlights materials and resources which can support different aspects of online safety for adult learning providers, exploring how organisations can protect learners and staff from risk of
misuse of new technologies, while making the most [...]

The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway.
Harrogate College: RFID in the Library
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems are typically used in higher education libraries. This case study is an example of how RFID can work in a further education environment. RFID has many organisational advantages over using only a [...]

The Excellence Gateway is now branded simply as the ‘Excellence Gateway’, and not the ‘QIA Excellence Gateway’ as it was formerly known.
The new URL for the Excellence Gateway is http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk (although there are redirects in place should you try to access using the old URL).
The ‘Skills for Life Core Curricula’ new interactive Core Curricula tool [...]

The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway.
Wyke 6th Form College: Scattergun Technology - Ensuring Something for Everyone
Project funding enabled Chris Tansey to try out a new approach in implementing mobile learning projects. Rather than focusing on one or two technologies, Chris adopted a ’scattergun’ approach and bought one [...]

The 8th content theme, Preparing for inspection is now live on the Excellence Gateway.
This content theme is based on the Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector 2007/08 and has been produced to help identify resources for guidance and practice, that will help providers to address the issues identified in the Ofsted Chief Inspector’s Report [...]

An exciting new selection of videos which share innovation and best practice are now available through the Excellence Gateway. The government-funded online portal for people working in the further education and skills sector, has made available four videos showcasing the success of individual colleges and providers.
Developed by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), the [...]

The latest addition to the Excellence Gateway – the online portal from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) - is a collaborative workroom to improve communication and joint working across teams and projects within the sector.
Comparable to an online classroom, the new collaborative workroom allows people to take part in joint planning and online [...]

The latest case study from the Yorkshire & Humber region is now online on the Excellence Gateway:
York College: Build in e-Learning - Creating the Flexible, Mobile Solution in the Modern Classroom
York College took advantage of a new build project to design new learning spaces that meet the needs of 21st century learners. This introduced a [...]

The latest case study from the Yorkshire & Humber region is now online on the Excellence Gateway:
Craven College: Blog to Get Your Learners to Answer Back!
Seeing that the college virtual learning environment (VLE) had the function, Su Illingworth tried out blogging with her students to see how they would respond. The result was emphatic, with [...]