A Complete Guide to the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, 4th Edition

For anyone embarking on a Level 5 Diploma in one of the wide range of contexts the FE sector encompasses, this text provides the foundations to support you, and lives up to the title of ‘A Complete Guide’. The text, which is aligned to the 2022 EFT Standards and maps to the Apprenticeship Standards, opens with key definitions followed by a comprehensive overview of the constantly evolving sector.

A visually appealing design includes key diagrams, key definitions, case studies, critical questions, and checks on understanding at the end of each chapter, along with references for each section…

Karen McGrath, Associate ProfessorHead of Department Secondary and PCET, Birmingham City University

…a very comprehensive overview of the skills, competencies and qualifications required to work in the FE sector, fully updated to reflect the new professional standards, changes in Ofsted requirements and the new minimum core as applied to trainees following the programme of study. The text holds the reader’s hand and guides them through a range of topics, including learner well-being, critical thinking, inclusive practice, research and scholarly activity not to mention the underpinning principles of teaching practice, assessment and curriculum.

A well written, thought provoking and informative text for anyone undertaking teacher training in the FE and Skills sector.

Dr Lynn SeniorDirector Education and Training Consortium, University of Huddersfield

Lynn Machin is Award Leader and Senior Lecturer within the School of Education at Staffordshire University. She has over 20 years’ experience of teaching in post-14 education. Lynn has had a variety of roles within initial teacher education (ITE) including developing and writing the modules that make up the suite of qualifications within ITE in the FE and Skills Sector.

Duncan Hindmarch is Award Leader for Lifelong Learning Teacher Training and the Foundation Degree in Education at Staffordshire University. He has over 15 years’ teaching experience, having worked overseas and in the UK. With a background in Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages, he has been involved in developing and delivering ESOL and Initial Teacher Training programmes since 2005.

Sandra Murray is a Curriculum Leader and Advanced Practitioner in the Department of Teacher Training at Newcastle-under-Lyme College. She has a wide range of experience supporting and teaching teachers in the lifelong learning sector and has been teaching on Initial Teacher Education programmes since 2005.

Tina Richardson is an Award Leader and Manager of the Lifelong Learning Development Centre within the School of Education at Staffordshire University. She has worked in compulsory, further and higher education, with the last 15 years focusing on Adult Literacy, Language and Numeracy and teacher education for the FE and Skills Sector. Tina has worked on a consultancy basis for a number of organisations.