First anniversary of QIA’s Excellence Gateway

August 14th, 2008 | ***HOT NEWS!*** - The must-read posts, Adult & Community Learning, FE & Skills, Further Education, Offender Learning, Peer Support, Resources, Specialist Colleges, Voluntary Sector, Work Based Learning | No comments

The Quality Improvement Agency’s (QIA) Excellence Gateway (EG), a complete online service for all those working in FE & Skills in England, has been going from strength to strength and helping colleges and providers in their pursuit of excellence, innovation and improvement.
EG gives everyone working in the further education system the opportunity to improve their [...]

JISC RSC Case Study Area Live on the Excellence Gateway

August 1st, 2008 | Adult & Community Learning, FE & Skills, Further Education, Offender Learning, Specialist Colleges, Work Based Learning | No comments

The QIA Excellence Gateway now has a dedicated area for all e-learning case studies produced by the JISC Regional Support Centres across England.
You can access it from the link on the home page, e-learning case studies or simply go to
http://excellence.qia.org.uk/casestudies
It features all of the e-learning case studies that have been published to date which have [...]

RSC YH EVENT: Excellence in Inclusivity (LLW Dissemination event) (FREE)

July 25th, 2008 | Accessibility, Events (All), Events (RSC YH), FE & Skills, Further Education, Peer Support | No comments

Excellence in Inclusivity: Learning for Living & Work Dissemination Event
Wednesday 24th September 2008
Pavilion Hotel, York

09:30 - 15:30
Various colleges in the region have been involved in the ‘Learning for Living and Work’ Project, where they have purchased and used technology to enhance the learning experience.
This event will showcase some of these projects, detailing what has been [...]

An opportunity to share your experiences of FAM

July 25th, 2008 | Connectivity, Content Management | No comments

JANET(UK) would like to develop a portfolio of case studies on organisations which have deployed federated access management. The case studies would be done through a series of interviews with key individuals at the institutions and can be anonymous if the organisation wishes not to be named.
It is hoped that the case studies will [...]

Becta’s Next Generation Learning campaign

June 13th, 2008 | Adult & Community Learning, FE & Skills, Further Education, Higher Education, Specialist Colleges, Work Based Learning | No comments

Becta has launched its Next Generation Learning campaign. The website is dedicated to outlining "the positive impact that technology can have in education, how it can help all learners fulfil their potential and build a better future for the nation".
Accompanying this, there is a checklist for practitioners on how to start realising the [...]

New JISC RSC YH case study on the Excellence Gateway

May 19th, 2008 | Events (RSC YH), Peer Support, web 2.0 | No comments

The latest JISC RSC YH case study from the Yorkshire and Humber region is now on the Excellence Gateway!
The latest organisation to be featured in Rotherham College of Arts & Technology. The case study focusses on how Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVEs), such as Second Life, can be used to great benefit [...]

New case studies on Excellence Gateway

April 17th, 2008 | ***HOT NEWS!*** - The must-read posts, Adult & Community Learning, FE & Skills, Further Education, Resources, Voluntary Sector, Work Based Learning, web 2.0 | No comments

The newly-revamped Excellence Gateway now features case studies on good practice in e-learning in post 16 teaching and learning.
Areas focused on are:
1. Improving teaching and learning
2. Improving responsiveness
3. Improving institutional effectiveness
New case studies are featured in the News section of the website: http://excellence.qia.org.uk/
The first case study from our region is now online. [...]