International teaching talents

Computing Course Manager Daniel Hulatt has been short-listed in the prestigious Pearson FE Teacher of the Year Award 2023.

Students and staff will be invited to share their stories of Daniel’s outstanding support in this world class department at The Bedford College Group with those judging the final stages of the awards.

The Bedford College Group has a track record of success in the Pearson Teaching Awards with Steph Lee Vae from Tresham College being featured on BBC’s One Show for being the winner in 2022. Steph was the latest in a series of staff members who made the finals of the Pearson FE Teaching Awards, demonstrating The Bedford College Group’s commitment to educational excellence.

See more: https://bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk/about/news/steph-is-number-one/

Cyber Security WorldSkills

Recently, Daniel was one of four staff from The Bedford College Group who completed a special Centre of Excellence WorldSkills training. Daniel has been sharing what he learned on that masterclass with colleagues across the Group and his efforts has been recognised at the highest levels. As a result, he is off to the Netherlands to take part in a Global Benchmarking exercise sharing expertise in Cyber Security.

Said Daniel:

“This is all about sharing our very best teaching practices here at The Bedford College Group with our friends across the world.”

Evidence of uplift in learning by students as a result of the practices developed by Daniel under the Centre of Excellence WorldSkills work are seen here:

• Out of 10 learners to take part in pilot events for our WorldSkills pressure testing in total, three have taken part twice.
• Of the three learners to take part twice, two have shown a positive improvement in their overall score
• On the first pass at the test in December, the average score was 57%
• On the second pass at the test in March, the average score was 65%

Find out more about WorldSkills here