OTL: Ascribing professional capability through graded observations for HE in FE staff.

Observations arising from research of the attitudes and perceptions of HE in FE staff and managers relating to the Ofsted based observation regime.

Working with two partner colleges the HELP CETL has supported HE and college Quality staff to develop and implement new systems based on the principle of ‘peer review’ for staff teaching HE students. As part of this project I was able to record the views of both lecturing staff and HE and quality managers as they developed new systems for their colleges. Both colleges have developed substantially different approaches which reflect factors such as institutional culture and the nature of management of HE within their institutions.