The University of Cumbria is exploring a strategic teacher education partnership arrangement with University College London (UCL)
Last week, University of Cumbria (UoC) hosted a two-day visit for colleagues from UCL’s Institute of Education (IOE) to discuss how the partnership might work in practice.
During the visit, which took place on Wednesday 11 and Thursday, January 12, colleagues from UoC and UCL, explored how the partnership could draw on the capacity and capability of both organisations, in relation to high quality teacher education.
Director of University of Cumbria’s Institute of Education, Dr Ruth Harrison-Palmer said: “This unique collaboration opportunity presents us with an exciting route to continue to provide our county and communities with quality teachers to equip our young people with the skills and confidence to thrive.
“Working together, each organisation would benefit from the partnership, as would the schools and partners we work with across the regions in which we operate.
UCL's IOE was named number one for Education in the QS World University Rankings by subject for the ninth year in a row in 2022.
Professor of Education at IOE, Professor Clare Brooks said: “We are very pleased to be working with the University of Cumbria as we scope the potential for a strategic partnership, focused on developing teachers and teacher education.
“University of Cumbria has got such a great base in the region, it’s got a great understanding of what Cumbria needs, and what Cumbria wants, and we’re really excited to be working with colleagues around that.
“Our ambition is for such a partnership to develop and support exceptional quality teacher education for all, but particularly for the benefit of Cumbria, its young people and communities.”
The University of Cumbria has a proud history of teacher training and in some London boroughs an impressive 70 per cent of teachers were trained at the University’s east London campus.
Dr Ruth Harrison-Palmer concluded by saying: “I’m really excited to see what the partnership might bring, not just for the institute of education, but for the wider university as whole.”
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