23-24 February 2009

speakers

Marsh Kenneth

Senior Lecturer in VET Policy University of Greenwich Dept of professional Development and Leadership, Co-coordinator of CEDEFOP Ttnet/UK
Research and Consultancy [in the past 5 years, most recent first]
1998-2006 European Co-ordinator for the Dept of Professional Development and Leadership.
2002-2004 DFES representative to the EU Commission for policy advice on raising the quality and attactiveness of VET teacher and trainer training across the EU.
Current UK Training of Trainers Network Co-coordinator for CEDEFOP/EU Commission.

Publications:
1996 ATEE Reforms to Post-16 Education and training- the unchallenged paradigm.
1996 EDUCATION TODAY vol. 46,No 3 “Back to the Future-Russian Education in Transition.-Pitmans.
1997 in A.Toth (ed) Staff Development in Technical Teacher Training. “Training of Trainers in the UK” (ATEE publication).
1997 ATEE conference proceedings. Values and Objectivity in Education.
1998 CEDEFOP monograph (Evans K. and Marsh K.G.) Training of trainers in the UK
1998 in Education Today- “The Loss of Orientation in Universities in England and Wales. (Originally a paper given at the Finnish Institute in 1997)
2000 Hall L and Marsh .K (eds) Professionalism and Policies and Values. (Greenwich Reader).
2000 Bedford Way Papers- Institute of Education post 16 centre.. “New Deal -old wine in new bottles”.
2000 ECER/VETNET conference - Edinburgh paper “New Deal in Action”
2004 CEDEFOP monograph on VET teacher and trainer training in the UK. (Marsh. & Webb.E. CEDEFOP 2004).
2004 Joint CEDEFOP publication on innovation in the use of IT in the training of VET teachers and trainers.
2007 Wider Professional Development Handbook for VET teachers in training. University of Greenwich Reader.
2007 Thessaloniki: CEDEFOP Ttnet Workshop co-presentation and facilitation (Marsh, Gray and Taylor) on Mentoring in VET.

Major contracts with CEDEFOP /Ttnet and EU Commission.
a) Co-writer (with Edwin Webb) of Theme 6 reports for CEDEFOP on VET Teacher and trainer Education in the UK. (2004)
b) K.Marsh & M. Ryan Ettnet project managed by ISFOL (Italy). Work published by CEDEFOP (2003/4) Funded by EU Commission.
c) Co-expert with M. Ryan on ETTNET Campus project managed by Finland. Financed by EU Commission (2004-2006)
d) Marsh,Webb, and Bradley, UK experts on pilot projects lots 1 and 2 “Defining VET Professions”. Financed by CEDEFOP (2005/6). Managed by ISFOL(Italy) and DEL (Denmark)
e) Marsh and Webb representation for UK/ DFES on EU Commission Expert Group A and VET expert advisory sub group “Raising the quality of VET Teacher and Trainer Training” (EU Commission 2002-4).
f) 2005-2007 CEDEFOP/EU Project managed by Finland. Development of ETTCampus
g) 2006/2007 CEDEFOP Project for EU Commission on Defining VET Professions Study of IVET teachers and Principals of VET Colleges.
h) 2007-2009 EttCampus 2.0 EU Commission Project managed by Technical University of Barcelona on Development of E- Social Rating Scales Tool for Academics and Teachers.
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