Bob Groves: General Work Experience in Post-Compulsory Education
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Workers Educational Association (Northern Region)
1980 to present...
Voluntary worker with Whitley Bay and Newcastle WEA Branches. Have held Vice-Chair, Chair, Secretary and Vice-President posts. Part-time Tutor's Representative. Convener of the WEA Newcastle Branch "Volunteer Accreditation and Training" (VAT) group. Residential Weekend organiser. Ex-member of District Training & Education Support Committee. Have been member of District Committee, delegate to District Council and National Conferences.
1986 to present...
Have worked as a part-time tutor in a wide variety of curriculum areas: -
Music Appreciation and History, Information Technology, History of Ideas (Philosophy, Politics, Science), Tutor Training, Creative Writing, Art History, etc.
1994 to 1995...
Part-time Development Officer (Projects) for District-wide "Access to Teaching in Adult & Community Education" (ATACE) programme. Author of the programme in 1992.
2005 to present...
Part-Time Curriculum Leader for the Humanities, Languages, Literature and Social Sciences
Peoples Centre Network (North Tyneside)
1984 to present...
Part-time Sessional Worker, teaching information technology and other subjects (as above) at Longbenton, Dudley and Wallsend Peoples Centres. Engaged in curriculum development, technical support, tutor recruitment, tutor training, computer maintenance.
Wallsend People's Centre
1989 to present...
Course Tutor and Local Assessor for RSA/OCR Computer Literacy and Information Technology (CLAIT) Stage 1 and RSA Integrated Business Technology (IBT) Stage 2 Courses. Author and tutor of AIM, AIM2, Intro. to Word Processing, Intro. to the Internet, Computer Graphics & Page Design and Systems Management Courses (etc.). Technical Support for Centre peer-to-peer computer network (50 machines)
Tyne Metropolitan College
From 1986 - 1988
Part-time Lecturer with City & Guilds 730 Further Education and Adult Teacher's Certificate course. Responsible for Information Technology training, student mentorship and support, learning psychology elements, TP assessment, etc.
From 1990 to 1994
Part-time Lecturer with BTEC Certificate in Nursery Nursing, BTEC Certificate in Social Care. Teaching information technology and statistics.
From 1994 to present
Part-time Lecturer with outreach courses in Teacher Training and ICT subjects operated by Association of Part-Time Tutors and Wallsend Peoples Centre. Lecturer in Philosophy on HEFC Module 'Themes in Philosophy'
Barnardo's
From 1990 to 1998...
Part-time Sessional Worker with BASE Project at Whitley Bay, tutoring in Information Technology, supporting and facilitating work with disadvantaged young people in an informal context. Author of BASE "Points" IT accreditation system.
Higher Education
1992 - Open University
Part-time tutor with the joint Open University/WEA course "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Science and Technology" teaching IT applications to adults.
1995 (to present) - University of Newcastle upon Tyne (now Sunderland University), Centre for Lifelong Learning
Part-time Lecturer with Access to Teaching, Taste of Teaching and Computer Systems Management courses. 1997: Tutor of Philosophy and Politics Higher Education Certificate Course. Tutor of Advanced Studies in Post-Compulsory Education, Higher Education Certificate course. Part of development and teaching team for MEd module in Lifelong Learning (1999).
1997 - University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Part-time Lecturer/Assessor of City & Guilds 7323 Foundation Certificate in Teaching, Training and Development
1997 - University of Sunderland
Part-time Lecturer with Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) "block week" program. Visiting Lecturer teaching Philosophy at Centre for Lifelong Learning, Newcastle and Blyth, Northumberland
2000 - University of Newcastle (Department of Education)
Visiting Lecturer and member of development team for the MEd module ‘Policy & Practice in Lifelong Learning’.