➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Tuesday 10th June 2025
➡ Time: 4pm – 5.30pm (UK time)
We invite you to the relaunch event for the newly reinvigorated Post-16 Leadership Research Interest Group.
In this first webinar in a new series, we welcome Mark Hyde, Head of Teaching, Learning & Assessment, and Dr Michael Smith, Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at Barking & Dagenham College, UK, and Dr Lorna Loy from University of South Wales Pathway College, who will share their recent research papers on FE Curriculum and Continuing Professional Development Leadership.
The papers that will be presented are:
1. Mark Hyde and Dr Michael Smith, Barking & Dagenham College, UK Hyde, M., Melville, P. and Smith, M. (2025) ‘”We should have some say”: enhancing CPD in further education through an autonomous approach’, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 30(1), pp. 7–24.
2. Dr. Lorna Loy University of South Wales Pathway College, UK Loy, L. (2024). ‘Redefining teachers’ continuing professional development in further education providers in England’, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 29(3), 520–540.
There will be opportunity for questions and ideas from the audience. This will be followed with a discussion on the planned ideas for the year ahead for the RIG and ways in which the audience and the wider community can get involved with the RIG’s activities.
We hope you can join us.
Please note, this event is free to BELMAS members and £5.00 for non-members. To ensure you receive your free ticket, please log in on the BELMAS website before booking.
If you pay the non-member fee to attend and then become a BELMAS Member within a month of the event taking place, please let us know and we will refund the £5 fee.
Registration will close at midnight (UK) on Sunday 8th June 2025.
Mark Hyde
Head of Department, Teaching, Learning & Assessment at Barking & Dagenham College, UK
Dr Michael Smith
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation, Barking & Dagenham College, UK
Dr Lorna Loy (PhD)
Head of Team – International Year 1, University of South Wales Pathway College, UK
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The Post-16 Education Leadership and Management Research Interest Group hosted an exciting relaunch event on Tuesday 10th June 2025.
In this first webinar in a new series, the RIG’s Co-Convenors were joined by guest speakers, Mark Hyde, Head of Teaching, Learning & Assessment, and Dr Michael Smith, Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at Barking & Dagenham College, UK, and Dr Lorna Loy from University of South Wales Pathway College, who shared their recent research papers on FE Curriculum and Continuing Professional Development Leadership.
If you missed this event or would like a recap, you can now watch it in full below.
Our huge thanks to the Post-16 RIG Co-Convenors for arranging this relaunch event, to our brilliant speakers, Mark Hyde, Dr Michael Smith, and Dr Lorna Loy, for their thought-provoking presentations, and to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you again at the next one.
