Podcast: My QTLS experience: Nick Chadwick

Miles Mantle is a teacher working in a medium-secure forensic hospital in London. Here he describes why he decided to work towards a professional status by undertaking Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status and the impact it had on his teaching practice.

Andrew Dowell, Head of Professional Status and Standards at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), explains how sufficiency and authenticity are the key words when it comes to being successfully awarded Qualified Teaching and Learning Skills Status (QTLS).

I was astonished when my internal application for funding to gain the Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status was rejected by my college.

In this article, we look at the benefits of mentoring, plus some of the barriers to becoming a mentor and how to overcome these.    

In 1938, Abraham Maslow visited the Siksika reservation in Canada to test his theories and found that many were contradicted. Here, Catherine Gray FSET highlights what he found, and the implications for the wider issue of decolonising the curriculum.

In this session, we discuss the stages, signs and symptoms of menopause, along with the impact, treatment and support options. We also touch on the impact in the workplace and how employers can help.