My formal, full-time role as TLRP Director (2002-9) ceased on 1st May 2009 when I took up an ESRC Programme Fellowship. From then until the end of September 2009, TLRP's work on Higher Education and Lifelong Learning continues under the leadership of Miriam David and that on Further Education and Workplace Learning will be sustained by Alan Brown. Direction of work on Technology Enhanced Learning is in the hands of Richard Noss until its expected conclusion in 2012. For further information on future plans, please see the statements provided by Miriam, Alan and Richard.

My Fellowship is entitled: Adding Value through Innovative Review. This is an opportunity to take stock of what has been learned through the research programme and will last until the end of 2010. The overall goal is the anchorage of TLRP work as a contribution to broader national and international evidence for the improvement of education policy and practice.  Particular themes include:

• Learning through the lifecourse: synthesising relevant work from TLRP and selected longitudinal cohort studies and thereby exploring an integrated analysis of key factors in learning across the lifecourse. 
• Enhancing teaching quality: analysing key pedagogic concepts and promoting their practical application amongst UK school teachers and student teachers. 
• Understanding education holistically: further developing TLRP’s attempt to present a holistic understanding of key principles in effective teaching and learning. 
• Documenting TLRP: recording the challenges, development and outcomes of TLRP as a strategic intervention in an academic field and as an attempt to develop evidence-informed policy and practice within a major public service. 

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Contact email: a.pollard@ioe.ac.uk

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