During the Gateway 1 phase of the creation of the Diploma in Engineering, the Royal Academy of Engineering was a key sponsor and supporter of the Southwark and Lambeth consortia.

With very tight deadlines and limited budget, I was invited to bring the Working With Others and my Changing the Way We Learn Together approaches to work with the group of 20-30 practitioners during 8 training days to:

• structure a tracking, monitoring, assessment framework for the personal, learning, thinking skills (plts) component of the Diploma in Engineering
• support and train the Southwark and Lambeth Consortia practitioners in the Working With Others approach, so that they were able to effectively teach and enhance student personal, learning thinking skills
• provide input and facilitation to help the practitioners to work together more effectively in agreeing lesson plans, assessment policies and developing an overview of progression and building a solid practitioner network.

In a later phase of the roll out of the Diploma in Engineering I worked with the Royal Academy of Engineering to plan, run and deliver a series of open days for other Phase 1 and Phase 2 Engineering Consortia across the country to learn about the approach, outcomes and best practice from the Southwark and Lambeth experience.

I was then invited to co-author a policy review of first year of implementation of Diploma in Engineering, with Professor Matthew Harrison, Director, Education, Royal Academt of Engineering.

London Transport Museum

The museum wanted to create a series of projects and programme activities that would support the Diploma in Engineering and personal, learning, thinking skills (PLTs) in students.

I was invited to help facilitate the museum education staff to plan and combine the required outcomes of the Diploma with the offerings and experiences that the museum could offer.

I also helped to pilot the programme with museum staff at Lambeth Academy, June 2009.

• facilitated the development of project and programme activities - school and at museum based - to support the Diploma in Engineering and PLTs in students
• piloted with museum staff at Lambeth Academy, June 2009

If you would like to know how I can help you and your team to interpret and more effectively against educational targets and deliverables, please contact me on 07817 363193 or e-mail cathy@cathyota.com