This book is an essential guide for apprentices and their trainers. It supports you to prepare for the Gateway and get ready for your EPA. It helps you to make sense of EPA and to understand the expectations of your assessors.

Split into three parts, this book considers what is meant by disadvantage and marginalisation, how this can come about and the impact this may have on lives, before unpicking the key knowledge and skills needed to practice effectively with individuals and groups.

This book supports trainee teachers to explore the complex relationships between literacy achievement and social background.

This accessible guide to child development is for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood Studies and related disciplines and for early years practitioners.

A new edition of this key text on research methods for all undergraduate education students.

A straightforward and accessible guide to Personal Development in Counselling and Psychotherapy

An essential guide on effective supervision for managers and their staff.

This book introduces policy and shows how it has changed and evolved over time, how it reflects changes in society, and how it is applied to everyday practice.

A straightforward guide to help teachers and trainee teachers in FE navigate the complex system of teaching qualifications and learn to teach in an ever-changing sector.

This much needed text provides clear, accessible and practical advice on teaching new apprenticeships.