Post-16 Committee
The UCET Post-16 committee provides a forum for University colleagues to keep up to date with national developments in the field of generic teacher training and specific training for those who teach Skills for Life. It provides an opportunity to comment on and influence new policy as it affects the Learning and Skills Sector, and to keep in mind teacher training requirements to support initiatives that affect post-14 learners.
The committee meets three times a year on Fridays, usually with an invited speaker of national standing to address the group in the morning. Developments in the 14-19 curriculum are being reviewed by a working group (with members from both the Post-16 and Secondary Committees) which meets once or twice a year.
Chair
Jim Crawley is the Programme Leader, Lifelong Learning, in the School of Education at Bath Spa University. He has worked for over 35 years in the Lifelong Learning sector, including in adult and community education, teacher education, professional development and basic skills. Jim co-ordinates the Certificate and PG Certificate in Education (Lifelong Learning) and is programme leader for the Adult and Tertiary Education MA pathway at the University. The ITE award he leads is one of only two in England which have been graded as outstanding by OfSTED on two consecutive inspections. Jim is a Teaching Fellow at the University and has worked on projects funded by the Learning and Skills Information Service, the Forum for Access to Education and the EC Leonardo programme. He is the author of the well-regarded book, ‘In at the Deep End: a survival guide to teachers in Post Compulsory Education’ (2010), and a wide range of papers, reports and conference contributions in topics including Adult and Community Education, Teacher Education and Learning Technology. He is Chair of the South West Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training, convenor of the SW Regional Teacher Educators’ Forum, and Convenor of the new national research network, Teacher Education in Lifelong Learning (TELL). Jim is currently researching ‘the professional situation of teacher educators in the Lifelong Learning sector for his PhD.
