Publications

'Effective teaching' is the first Collegenet publication and aims to provide all teaching staff in Further Education colleges with clear guidance on best practice. This first title will be released September 2008

The above book will address the key standards demanded by the Ofsted Common Inspection Framework, inspections 2005-09 and Lifelong Learning specialist and generic standards. The book will draw upon the latest published research and reports from LSC, DIUS, QIA, AOC, and other key agencies. The content is designed to be highly accessible by all FE staff with a focus on clear, practical guidance to implement in the classroom.

COST

Full details on price will be made in September 2008.

Order a copy for all teaching staff and especially part-time staff who cannot easily attend or access staff training courses.

ORDER

You will be able to order copies here online in September 2008.

COPYRIGHT

Strict copyright is applied to all Collegenet publications. Please acknowledge Collegenet in any references. All rights reserved.

TRAINING

You may book a one day training course in your college linked to each book. For details please go to our training page.

AUTHOR

The author and series editor is Bradley Lightbody an experienced FE practitioner and the Director of Training with Collegenet. Bradley Lightbody has enjoyed a 25 career in Further Education with 19 of those years in management positions related to Sixth Form, Adult Education, Learning Resources, Quality, Learning Development and Teacher Training including PGCE. Bradley's main academic subject is History. His latest history publication, aimed at all students and general readers of history, is The Second World War: Ambitions To Nemesis . The book was published by Routledge in June 2004 and details the territorial ambitions that led to the outbreak of the Second World War and charts the course of the war through the key themes Outbreak, Advance, Expansion, Containment, Contraction, Rout and Nemesis. It offers a comprehensive overview of the entire war and provides a very clear summary of a very complex history for A-Level, university students and the general reader. Buy, The Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis in any good bookstore or go directly www.amazon.com.

Earlier publications have included, Taking Your A-Levels ( a study guide published by How To Books aimed at all A-Level students) and The Cold War published by Routledge.

Bradley was also commissioned by the BBC History Web in June 2004 to write an overview of the outbreak of the Second World War.