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NELP partners with VEO to boost North East training operations

Sixty North East training companies are set to benefit from an investment in new software that will improve their teaching and help them get ahead of their competitors.

The region’s largest network of training organisations, North East Learning Providers (NELP), has teamed-up with Newcastle-based company VEO to offer its members free use of Video Enhanced Observation.

The VEO app allows teachers and trainers to record videos of their lessons on a tablet or smartphone, then tag, review, highlight and share best practice and areas that require improvement.

The move is in response to changes in the further education sector which has seen funding decrease and an ever-increasing pressure to demonstrate continuous improvement in the quality of its teaching to the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted.

VEO was developed by entrepreneurs Jon Haines and Paul Miller at Newcastle University in collaboration with schools and teachers worldwide, to create a smart, cost effective, easy to use system that helps educators improve quality and performance.

The online portal acts as a social network between trainers to enable best practice to be shared and developed with ease. Teachers also own their video/data portfolios and their CPD.

North East Learning Providers (NELP) is a network of local training providers. Members include independent training providers, colleges, employers, local authorities and voluntary organisations that operate within Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, County Durham, Sunderland and South Tyneside. It aims to promote, represent and support its members and the training sector as a whole.

NELP executive officer, David Baker said: “By investing in VEO we are making sure our members are best placed to be the best training providers in the region. Some of our members may not have been able to afford to access VEO, otherwise.

“This is another example of why being part of a network like ours is so worthwhile.”

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