Daniel Sellers Biography
Daniel Sellers has a background in adult education. He
has managed a community learning centre in Liverpool
and taught literacy and numeracy at South Lanarkshire
College. For six years he was seconded to a national role
developing adult numeracy in Scotland and, latterly,
leading the implementation of the Adult Literacies in
Scotland 2020 strategic guidance.
So far his freelance work has involved development activity for the SQA, strategic planning
and research for Ireland’s National Adult Literacy Agency, and a range of educational
development work for the NHS in Scotland.
At the moment he’s based in Dublin but his work takes him between Ireland and the UK and,
when he’s lucky, farther afield.
Read more at www.danielsellers.co.uk
Seminar Overview:
Post-16 Vocational Education in Finland
A lot has been written about Finnish education, formally and informally. Not much has been
written about post-16 education, though.
Drawing on his four month stay in Finland at the end of last year, He’ll provide an insight
into post-16 vocational education. He’ll give you an overview of the Finnish education
system and describe the practice, policies and processes he saw at work in one vocational
institute in the west coast city of Vaasa. He’ll also describe what he saw in a gymnasium
(upper-secondary school) and in a secondary school. He’ll tell you what it’s like to be in
adult education, from his perspective as a student of Swedish. He’ll share with you the ten
features that he believes contribute to Finland’s excellent education outcomes.