Resources by Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
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Developing Staff Capability to Deliver Functional Maths
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. This case study, from Network Learning Centres UK Ltd, looks at the theme of embedding functional skills. In this instance, the planned implementation of functional skills was broken into four stages. This...
Developing STEM in the community
Produced in 2011 by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study tackles the theme of enrichment and enhancement in STEM. From Newcastle College, it describes an outreach project bringing local community organisations together with teaching staff.
By demystifying simple health tests (e.g....
Developing VLE to Support Work-based Learners
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of harnessing technology. The study describes ProVQ, a work-based learning provider, which wanted to improve the support to their motor vehicle apprentices while they were in the work place. ProVQ aimed to look at the...
Development of an FdSc in Sub-sea Engineering
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study tackles the themes of curriculum development, employer engagement and new jobs. It describes how Newcastle College, working in close collaboration with local companies, designed a foundation degree (FdSc) in sub-sea engineering validated by...
Development of Industry-led Specialist Training Modules
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of knowledge and technology transfer. Written by Pera, it describes how research organisations, industry players and educational institutions worked together to create a suite of short technical courses.
By...
Distance-time and Velocity-time Graphs
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, this activity takes students through a step-by-step approach to understanding the basic principles of distance-time and velocity-time graphs. Working through the activity will help students to:
* Understand the terms distance, time, velocity and...
Embed Functional Skills in Motor Vehicle Courses
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of embedding functional skills. It describes how staff within the motor vehicle department of the City of Wolverhampton College were faced with the challenge of embedding functional skills within motor vehicle courses...
Embedding Carbon Minimisation
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. This case study looks at the theme of knowledge and technology transfer. It describes how members of staff operating in the STEM area of Huntingdonshire Regional College were encouraged to embed and deliver...
Produced in 2009 by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these case studies describe work done by practitioners to explore the effective embedding of functional skills in STEM teaching and learning. As well as focusing on functional mathematics, these projects explore a range of issues relevant to...
Embedding Functional Skills into Motor Vehicle Studies
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. By Cambridge Regional College, this case study looks at the themes of functional skills, equality, engineering and mathematics.
The aim of the project was to work with staff to raise awareness of the...