City College Norwich

City College Norwich was a pioneer within the FE sector in having the vision to establish a dedicated Research Centre in 1996. During 2008 alone, several other FE colleges, and even new HEIs, have made contact with The Research Centre for information, advice and guidance on various aspects of running The Research Centre within a Further Education College (FEC). The Research Centre has two main foci: educational research and evaluation. While both themes still cover a diverse range of subjects and issues, the reduction in breadth enacted in 2007 has concentrated the knowledge, experience and skills of its staff and allowed a greater depth of knowledge and specialism to grow in those areas. While externally funded projects figure strongly in The Research Centre's portfolio of projects, the centre is inevitably committed to supporting 'internal' innovations and developments to ensure best practice is observed within City College Norwich keeping it at the forefront of teaching innovation.