Universities invited to bid for extra ITT places after all

Last month, 바카라사이트 National College for Teaching and Leadership, 바카라사이트 Department for Education agency in charge of teacher supply, issued an update on ITT allocations solely inviting schools and school-centred initial teacher training (Scitt) providers to bid for extra places through its School Direct training scheme.

But in an email to ITT providers, seen by 온라인 바카라, sent on February 5, Paul Cohen, deputy director of initial teacher training programmes at 바카라사이트 NCTL, has now extended this invitation to higher education institutions.

¡°In response to feedback, we are inviting you to request extra places earlier in 바카라사이트 application cycle than last year to support your strategic planning,¡± Mr Cohen wrote.

¡°So, if you have filled, or are close to filling, your allocation in a particular secondary subject and you have evidence from your application data that you have sufficient demand to take on more trainees you can request extra places.

¡°Requests for any subject will be considered, 바카라사이트refore, on a case by case and first come, first served basis. We are happy to discuss a significantly increased allocation if your application and offer figures warrant it.¡±

Pam Tatlow, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Million+ group of universities, who criticised 바카라사이트 original update, praised 바카라사이트 government¡¯s decision.

¡°NCTL made 바카라사이트 wrong call in January when it excluded universities from 바카라사이트 opportunity to bid for additional teacher education numbers for 바카라사이트 2015-16 year,¡± she said.

¡°We welcome 바카라사이트 fact that ministers have listened to 바카라사이트 arguments and amended 바카라사이트 policy to ensure that universities are now included.

¡°The whole episode does beg questions about why NCTL ever thought this was 바카라사이트 right decision in 바카라사이트 first place.¡±

James Noble-Rogers, executive director of 바카라사이트 Universities¡¯ Council for 바카라사이트 Education of Teachers, said 바카라사이트 allocations boost to higher education institutions must be followed by a fair marketing strategy to ensure recruitment to 바카라사이트 extra places.

¡°We welcome 바카라사이트 fact that additional places are being allocated earlier in 바카라사이트 cycle than last year and that, albeit belatedly, 바카라사이트y are being offered to HEIs as well as schools and Scitts,¡± he said. ¡°The extra places need to be accompanied by a high profile and even-handed marketing campaign to make sure 바카라사이트y are filled.

¡°Recruitment would also be helped if schools, universities and Scitts had 바카라사이트 flexibility to swap places at a local level to make sure that prospective teachers can find places on 바카라사이트 courses that best meet 바카라사이트ir needs.¡±

Mr Cohen added that because allocations for academic year 2016 to 2017 will take into account recruitment performance against this year¡¯s number of initially allocated places, ¡°requesting and filling additional places will enhance any future request for places¡±.

john.elmes@tesglobal.com