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FEthink offers the following research and consultancy services for educational institutions, thinktanks, charities, government agencies and professional bodies.
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Impact evaluation and research
Ofsted intelligence
Training audits
Online training programmes
Designing/ reviewing professional standards
Regional skills profiling and competitor analysis
Developing funding proposals
Staff induction planning
Designing learning resources
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Dr Paul Tully, of FEthink, is supporting the Let's Think Council with developing their strategic plans and funding proposals for their accelerated learning programmes for teaching staff in primary and secondary schools.
Paul is also the co-author of the Education and Training Foundation's Professional Standards for Teachers in Further Education, which were revised and published in 2022.
He has worked in teacher education since 1999, written college self-assessment reports, and advised on outstanding teaching to dozens of colleges and training providers.
"Paul is a superb Lecturer, a good Curriculum Manager and a fine Quality Improvement Manager. He has superb, well founded ideas, is very well read and dedicated to the advancement of those people for whom he takes personal responsibility as the key part of his role"
Neil Spurgeon, Director of IT Services, Fareham College
Testimonial
Dr Christina Donovan, Edge Hill University
“In our 'Leading Professionalism’ seminar series, the stagnation of tired definitions of professionalism (and the associated accountability practices) across the last few decades were laid bare, as was the need to cultivate change; skillfully articulated by Dr Paul Tully’s vision to inspire professionalism ‘from within’ through the recently updated Education and Training Foundation’s Professional Standards (ETF, 2022).” (Donovan et al, 2023).
Dr Paul Tully: Publications
Tully, P., Swindells, J. & McKenzie, J. (2025). How can we improve apprenticeship delivery? The results of a national workforce development program, Journal of Vocation, Technology and Education, 2(38),
DOI:10.54844/vte.2025.0950
Tully, P. (2024). 'What is social value, and why is it important?' FE News, 11 July 2024.
Maylor, H., Smith, V. & Tully, P. (2024). Further Education and Skills: Changing Systems of Change. London: Education and Training Foundation.
Tully, P. (2023). 'Mission Impossible? A Strategic Approach to Improving FE Teacher Recruitment & Retention'. Journal of Education and Training. 66 (5): 510–523.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-04-2023-0130
Tully, P. (2023). 'Collaborating Globally for a Net Zero Future', London: Education and Training Foundation
Tully, P. (2023). 'The importance of economic, social and cultural capital in understanding professionalism in English Further Education'. Journal of Post-Compulsory Education, pp.505-529.
Tully, P. & Chen. J. (2022). Transforming Professionalism and Practice for Teachers and Trainers, Intuition - Summer Edition, Education and Training Foundation.
Tully, P. (2022). 'Below the surface: power and professionalism in the further education sector'. Journal of Post-Compulsory Education, pp.26-47.
Tully, P & Dowell, A. (2022). The Professional Standards for Teachers in Further Education. London: Education and Training Foundation.
Tully, P. (2022). 'Joining the dots: theorising professionalism in the further education sector'. Journal of Post-Compulsory Education, pp.66-97.
Tully, P. (2020). Behind the Curtain: An Exploration of Professionalism and Capital in Further Education. PhD thesis. Falmer: University of Brighton.
