Who are we?
AmplifyFE has been connecting further and vocational practitioners since 2020. The network links communities of practice in digital learning, teaching and assessment. Originally developed in a partnership between the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and Ufi VocTech Trust, AmplifyFE is now run as a special interest group by ALT. AmplifyFE supports professionals to share, collaborate and learn with and from one another.
Join AmplifyFE SIG
To join the group and be kept up to date with the news and events, subscribe to the AmplifyFE LinkedIn Newsletter.
If you would like to get involved in the organisation of the Group and its activities, let us know by expressing an interest.
Future events
View AmplifyFE’s upcoming events.
Past events and recordings
View past events and recordings on the AmplifyFE YouTube playlist.
Publications and blogs
Read the latest posts on the AmplifyFE blog.
Our remit
The group operates as a community of practice to connect and empower members working across FE, vocational and adult education. AmplifyFE aims to:
- Share best practice, resources and lived experience to strengthen digital capability
- Build a sense of belonging and connection across the FE and vocational learning community
- Support inclusive, accessible and high‑quality digital learning
- Provide a space for collaboration, peer learning and professional development
- Amplify the voices and expertise of practitioners across the sector
The group provides a forum for members to discuss and progress work related to digital learning, including staff development, research, guidance for the community, and raising awareness of issues affecting digital practice in FE and vocational education.
In common with ALT Members Groups and SIGs, this group will:
- Support activities in line with ALT’s strategic aims
- Share ALT’s values of being participative, open, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and transparent
Our principles
Amplify FE works to connect and amplify communities of practice for digital learning, teaching and assessment. The SIG works across the whole Further Education and Training sector in its widest terms engaging with vocational educators and those who support them.
The aim of this space is to:
- Provide a place for vocational educators to share and learn from each other, increasing their access to learning technology expertise, digital pedagogy and professional development opportunities
- Champion the use of accessible, inclusive learning technology to help those adult learners most impacted by the digital divide so that more people in the UK have improved access to vocational skills
- Engage with FE groups and communities of practice and researchers in vocational learning to share best practice
- Work across the whole Further Education and Training sector in its widest terms engaging with vocational educators and those who support them in FE Colleges, Adult and Community Learning (ACL), work-based and independent learning providers, prison learning, ESOL communities, ‘HE in FE’ providers, the whole, diverse sector.
- To amplify the voice of professionals in strategic developments across the sector, led by organisations including ALT and Ufi.
Officers
AmplifyFE SIG Officers will be confirmed as part of the SIG’s establishment process. This list will be updated as they are confirmed.
- Emma Procter-Legg, University of Oxford (Co-Chair)
- Joe Wilson, Independent Consultant/Glasgow City College (Co-Chair)