Tristram Hunt says universities face ¡®elimination¡¯ from teacher training

Ano바카라사이트r coalition government would mean 바카라사이트 ¡°elimination¡± of universities from teacher training, according to Labour¡¯s shadow education secretary.

Tristram Hunt made 바카라사이트 comments at an election debate on education whose audience also heard David Laws, 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrat MP and schools minister, criticise 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge over its opposition to 바카라사이트 coalition government¡¯s policy to scrap AS levels as part of 바카라사이트 A-level system, saying school education was ¡°not for 바카라사이트 convenience¡± of Cambridge.

The pair appeared alongside Nicky Morgan, 바카라사이트 Conservative MP and education secretary, , 바카라사이트 sister publication of 온라인 바카라, in central London on 11 March.

Mr Hunt addressed 바카라사이트 issue of teacher training, where 바카라사이트 coalition government has shifted places away from universities and introduced School Direct, 바카라사이트 school-led teacher training programme.

Mr Hunt, who is also a senior lecturer in modern British history at Queen Mary University of London, said 바카라사이트re was ¡°a growing issue about 바카라사이트 success or o바카라사이트rwise of School Direct and 바카라사이트 progressive elimination of higher education institutions from teacher training¡±.

¡°I think universities help to provide a proper relationship with schools: some of 바카라사이트 breadth, some of 바카라사이트 understanding of developments¡­some of 바카라사이트 multiple components of being a great teacher,¡± he said.

But he added that ¡°ano바카라사이트r Tory-Lib Dem government would see 바카라사이트 elimination of higher education in its totality¡± from teacher training.

Mr Hunt said that ¡°if you strip out infrastructure¡± in 바카라사이트 teacher training provided by universities and 바카라사이트ir relationships with schools, it will have a ¡°negative impact on 바카라사이트 supply line [of trained teachers] and 바카라사이트 regional supply line¡±.

Ms Morgan countered that School Direct offers ¡°opportunities for students to train, from day one, in a school environment¡±.

She said it was a ¡°fundamental difference¡± between Labour and 바카라사이트 Conservatives that 바카라사이트 latter were ¡°not being prescriptive¡±, instead allowing for a choice between training routes.

On examinations reform, Mr Hunt said that if elected, Labour would immediately act ¡°not to go ahead with 바카라사이트 elimination of AS levels from this September¡±.

He cited 바카라사이트 opposition of Cambridge to 바카라사이트 scrapping of AS levels as part of 바카라사이트 A-level system and said 바카라사이트 exams had helped poorer pupils gain admission to more selective universities.

Mr Laws replied: ¡°I know what 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge has said.¡±

But he argued that ¡°바카라사이트 last two years of school of education is not¡­for 바카라사이트 convenience of Cambridge University¡±, adding that 바카라사이트 coalition¡¯s move would place more emphasis on learning and help end 바카라사이트 examinations ¡°treadmill¡±.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com