Credit Works Directors

Credit Works is a limited company established by Carole Stott and Finbar Lillis. Both Carole and Finbar have extensive experience in teaching and learning, widening participation and progression, quality assurance and development, and using credit to structure and recognise achievement and develop credit-based qualifications

Together they conceptualised and established Credit Works in 2004, a new research and development consultancy which has secured important contracts from national government agencies and influenced the reform agenda in the UK.

Carole Stott has over 20 years experience in education, spanning schools, further, higher and adult education. She has extensive experience at Chief Executive and senior management levels spanning qualifications, research, curriculum development and quality assurance.

She is currently Chair of the Board of Governors at City Lit in London, a trustee of Helena Kennedy Foundation and member of the Policy Committee, NIACE.

Finbar Lillis has worked in education for over 20 years, in the private, public and voluntary sectors both in the UK and abroad.

After working in training and development in industry, Finbar managed multi-purpose projects with disadvantaged communities in England. He went on to work for the OCN movement, managing and working on national and international research projects and influencing education reform in the UK and overseas. He was instrumental in 1997 in successfully introducing to Sweden the model of credit now adopted for the Qualifications and Credit Framework in England. His extensive experience in the corporate and community sectors brings a fresh and informed perspective to the reform of curriculum and qualifications.

Business Activities

Credit Works’ experience is in the learning and skills sector in the UK and Europe. Our activities since April 2004 have included:

• Research
• Programme support and development
• Strategic and policy development
• Evaluation
• Development of curriculum toolkits and guidance
• Identification of effective practice
• Selection of sites and provision for tests and trials
• Staff development and training
• National and international conference and seminar presentations and workshops

Our activities have resulted in published reports (and confidential unpublished reports) for key government agencies and commercial organisations in the education sector. These reports have informed public policy development and improvement strategies for:

• The Foundation Learning Tier
• Entry to Employment
• Personalised learning
• Progression
• Recognition of Prior learning and Achievement
• Initial and ongoing review of progress and achievement
• The learner referenced experience
• First Steps learning
• Sector body and employers engagement in qualification reform
• Curriculum and qualification reform and development
• Systems reform
• A manifesto for all learners