Head of Teaching, Learning, and Digital

scott.hayden@staff.bcot.ac.uk

Scott serves as the Head of Teaching, Learning, and Digital at Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT), where he leads a team primarily composed of former students turned staff members who specialise in digitally enriching educational practices. The team has received multiple accolades, including the 2018 TES FE Award for 'Outstanding use of Technology' and being at the core of the college initiative that won the Wellbeing at Work award at the Hampshire Inspire Awards 2023.

In addition to overseeing Education & Training courses, Scott manages the college's Learning Coaches, focusing on observation-based staff development, targeted continuous professional development (CPD), and empathetic coaching.

Certified as a Google for Education Champion and a National Teaching Awards Silver Winner, he also serves as a National Advisor for EdTech UK. His team has empowered over 100 educational institutions through the DfE’s EdTech Demonstrator Programme from 2020 to 2022.

Scott is also an active member of AI in Education, a cross-sector initiative announced in May 2023, aimed at exploring the potential of artificial intelligence in educational settings.

Established as Basingstoke Technical Institute in 1947, Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is a leading further education college that offers full-time and part-time advanced technical and vocational qualifications together with apprenticeships, higher education, professional and leisure courses. We enable our students to progress to university, employment or an apprenticeship.

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