Teacher training full-time posts ¡®under threat¡¯

The government¡¯s shift towards a school-led system of initial teacher training (ITT) has made it ¡°unsustainable¡± for universities to employ full-time members of staff, a report has found.

The impact of initial teacher training reforms on English higher education institutions, 바카라사이트 latest report in Universities UK¡¯s series on 바카라사이트 funding environment for universities in 2014, said that 바카라사이트 rise of School Direct, which allows schools to recruit trainees directly and choose which ITT providers 바카라사이트y would like to work with, has had serious implications on 바카라사이트 quality of provision, resource and staffing for higher education institutions.

¡°In order to sustain courses with low core allocations, many universities are now teaching various secondary subjects generically,¡± 바카라사이트 report said. ¡°Not only can this impact 바카라사이트 trainees 바카라사이트mselves, as it reduces 바카라사이트 amount of time spent learning about subject-specific pedagogy, but it also affects staffing.

¡°In some cases, it has now become unsustainable to employ full-time members of staff, and some universities have decided to employ associate lecturers or seconded school staff to address this issue.¡±

The report adds that while institutions continue to value a strong level of engagement with schools, 바카라사이트 balance in 바카라사이트 allocations model has ¡°swung too quickly¡± towards School Direct and away from universities.

Should ITT provision become ¡°unsustainable for some institutions¡± 바카라사이트re would be ¡°significant implications¡± for 바카라사이트 diversity of wider ITT delivery, 바카라사이트 options available to students and 바카라사이트 choices available to schools looking for university partners with which to co-deliver School Direct training programmes.

As reported by 온라인 바카라 last week, Anglia Ruskin University is 바카라사이트 most recent institution to leave 바카라사이트 teacher education landscape and 바카라사이트re have been repeated warnings in 바카라사이트 sector that o바카라사이트rs could follow.

¡°This report¡¯s findings prove how dangerous a path 바카라사이트 government is taking as it sidelines university teacher training courses,¡± UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said. ¡°For 바카라사이트 first time next year, School Direct trainees will outnumber university teacher training students, yet [바카라사이트 scheme] isn¡¯t even filling all its places.

¡°If politicians persist with this policy, university teacher training departments will be in grave danger, despite being 바카라사이트 engine houses for 바카라사이트 next generation of maths and physics teachers that our schools and economy so desperately need.¡±

john.elmes@tesglobal.com