November 2020 Newsletter
 

Welcome to The Learning Institute's November Newsletter. Here you can find out about all our programmes from Academic Degrees, through new Apprenticeships, CPD and current Research projects.

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The Learning Institute's suite of foundation degrees are delivered using a blended learning approach, which combines face-to-face and live online delivery, work-based learning and independent study with two student conferences per academic year. 

Last year, our conferences took place in Exeter and Bristol, but this year, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we had to move online and restructure the event for our Level 4 and 5 students.  We asked Kate and Nicolle, two of our student ambassadors, for their views on the event.

January 2021 will see the start of our next cohort of Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprentices, following the brilliant success of our most recent group, who all achieved distinctions this summer. If you have a Teaching Assistant who has recently started in post, they could be eligible to join us in January, with funding through the Apprenticeship levy.

To find more about The Learning Institute Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship programme, please contact: ginny.honey@learninginstitute.co.uk .

For other Learning Institute Apprenticeship enquiries, please contact: apprenticeships@learninginstitute.co.uk .

The Learning Institute, working in partnership with Newman University, is delighted to launch two brand new master’s degrees: MA: Inclusion and SEND, and MA: Values-led Leadership.  Both MAs are delivered part time over three years, with a combination of live online delivery and face-to-face sessions at The Learning Institute offices in Roche, offering flexibility for working students.  Both MAs are designed for anyone working in any field of education or training, whose aim is to develop and improve their leadership skills and enhance their professional profile.

Master’s Degree Apprenticeship

There is also the opportunity to combine either of the MAs with The Learning Institute’s Senior Leader Master’s Degree apprenticeship, which would enable students to use their employer’s apprenticeship levy to fund their chosen MA and gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours of strategic leadership.

To find out more, please contact Joy on 01726 891807 or email: masters@learninginstitute.co.uk .

The Natural Schooling Research Development Group held it's first official meeting on the 23rd November with it's new chair, Debbie Lambert.

As one of The Learning Institute's Research Development Groups, Natural Schooling offered a popular workshop at the recent foundation degree student conference, which not only included an overview of the Natural Schooling group but also highlighted the wider support that was available to students and trainees wishing to take their learning outdoors. 

"The tutor or lecturer tends to be more supportive than critical, more understanding than judgmental, more genuine than playing a role." Their job is to foster an engaging environment for the students and ask inquiry-based questions that promote meaningful learning.

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Get in to Teaching Online Information Session

Saturday 12th December 2020
Time: 10am - 11am

This session will take place on Zoom, please click the link below to book a space.