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Basic Information
About
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF), established in October 2013, is the government-backed, sector-owned national support body for the Further Education and Training sector. We are a registered charity.
We are the guardian of the Professional Standards for the sector. Our professional membership body, the Society for Education and Training (SET), has around 20,000 members, making it the largest professional membership organisation for practitioners in the post-16 sector. The ETF through SET remains the only body which confers Qualified Teaching Learning and Skills (QTLS) status and Advanced Teacher Status (ATS).

Our approach
We take a considered, evidence-based and sector–inclusive approach to the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) support that we give to the sector. Our extensive research with the sector, including its training needs, is the foundation that underpins what we deliver. This is the “ETF Way”

In developing our programmes and initiatives, we work in partnership with our SET members, sector expert panels, employers and key bodies. These include the Association of Colleges (AoC), Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Association of Adult Education and Training Organisations (AAETO), trade unions as well as a range of government departments including the Department for Education (DfE).

Charity Information
A registered charity the Foundation received charitable status on 19 September 2013, and you can view our registration certificate (registration no: 1153859) . Operating as a charity ensures that the Foundation provides the greatest benefit to the professionals we aim to support. Our established charitable objectives place improving the quality of learning through empowering the professionals of the sector at the core of the Foundation’s operations.
Email
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Website
https://www.et-foundation.co.uk
Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/E_T_Foundation
LinkedIn
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Geographical Region
London

Industry renowned employers support T Level Professional Development through online workshops18 hours 47 minutes ago
Free EdTech training offer released mapped to the Digital Teaching Professional Frameworkyesterday
Education Development Trust welcomed as a SET Corporate Partner 1 week ago
Safeguarding and Restorative Practice in the FE and Training sector1 week ago
New online resources to support CEOs and Principals in challenging times3 weeks ago
ETF Awards First EdTech Super Contributor Badge 4 weeks ago
FE leaders discuss benefits of recruiting teaching staff through Taking Teaching Further 1 month ago
Technical Teaching Fellowships - Applications now open until 24 Nov1 month ago
Comprehensive online training programme for college governors2 months ago
Hugh Baird College’s staff CPD day – a T Level model to replicate2 months ago

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Industry renowned employers support T Level Professional Development through online workshops

Renowned employers across different industries have come on board with the Education and Training Foundation’s Industry Workshops to provide T Level staff with the opportunity to hear the latest industry practice.

Free EdTech training offer released mapped to the Digital Teaching Professional Framework

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has today (12 May 2021) released a final set of bite-size training modules for developing use of educational technology (EdTech) on the Enhance Digital Teaching Platform. The 23 modules complete the EdTech training offer mapped to the Digital Teaching Professional Framework (DTPF), the ETF’s national EdTech competency framework.

Education Development Trust welcomed as a SET Corporate Partner

The Society for Education and Training (@SocietyET) has welcomed Education Development Trust (@EdDevTrust), a not-for-profit organisation that transforms lives by improving education around the world, as a Corporate Partner.

Safeguarding and Restorative Practice in the FE and Training sector

My personal interest in the value of restorative practice started when, after a protracted and extremely thorough preparatory process, I found myself sitting with my husband, across the table from the young man who had murdered my 38-year-old brother-in-law, seven years previously, in a frenzied, drug induced and unprovoked attack; leaving a wife without a loving husband and two young boys without their devoted father.

New online resources to support CEOs and Principals in challenging times

The Education and Training Foundation (@E_T_Foundation) has today released two new modules as part of a series of online development resources for CEOs and Principals across the Further Education (FE) sector. The new modules focus on ‘Building Your Digital Strategy’ and ‘Risk and Strategic Leadership’ and feature insights from senior leaders in the sector as well as leaders from other fields.