Teacher training

England’s Department for Education has deaccredited some universities while approving a range of alternative providers and strictly defining course contents. But while defenders hail an evidence-based push for quality, others decry a level of political overreach that could spread to other disciplines

Amid yawning teacher shortages and one-sided funding regime, colleges warn that their successful model of localised training faces collapse

GuildHE wants to encourage universities back into teacher training and support them to deliver high-quality education in partnership with schools

Number of new teacher trainees entering some universities has fallen by as much as 66 per cent, as experts warn of ‘crisis’ in recruitment

Too often, studies are atomistic and avoid the more complex, large-scale questions that vex politicians and system leaders, says Andrew Noyes

Government micromanagement of teacher education is unprecedented interference in day-to-day academia. Will your subject be next, asks Viv Ellis

The UK government is freezing ‘troublemaking’ educationalists out of policymaking. Universities should model better forms of debate, says Clare Brooks

Outgoing EdUHK head reflects on a decade-long stint leading Hong Kong’s teacher training university

Greenwich – stripped of accreditation last year – one of seven to now receive positive ratings from inspectorate

Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees

If you want to get promoted in UK academia you will probably need to apply for an Advance HE fellowship. But there is widespread scepticism that this extended ‘box-ticking exercise’ improves pedagogy, says Amanda Goodall, while Martin Rich considers how the programme might be made fit for purpose

Flagship programme that places graduates in local schools to teach faces uncertain future as participation dwindles

Panel advises against punitive performance funding measures, opting for financial incentives and transparency

Figures show fewer new entrants to teacher training than two years ago

Twelve universities understood to have been unsuccessful in applications under controversial new regime

Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ‘crisis’

If the emphasis in the job market is on skills-based hiring, a college transcript ought to reflect that, says Darren Catalano

Proposal to ‘link performance and funding’ the latest in an interventionist trend

Advocates fulfil 2011 Obama promise of 100,000 new science and engineering teachers in decade, citing gains in recruitment and evidence-based training

If it all goes wrong, universities will not be able to avert truly disastrous consequences, says Rama Thirunamachandran 

A deeply flawed government consultation on ITT risks precipitating teacher shortages and undermining university research, says Ems Lord

Oxbridge reiterates threat to pull out of teacher training, as UCL slams proposals as ‘extensive and damaging disruption’

Westminster reforms would force leading providers out of sector, representative body warns

Li Wei also expresses concern about state of modern language teaching in UK

Continuous professional development must become an integral part of the academic career path, not a mere ‘extracurricular’ endeavour, says Alexandra Mihai

Sunderland scheme provides PGCE students with experience while supporting employees juggling work and homeschooling

Improving remote learning may be smartest move universities can make, quality chief advises

The UK government's increasingly proscriptive policies on teacher education could start encroaching on universities’ autonomy, say Viv Ellis and Keith Turvey 

Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement

Doubts over impact of Australian scheme after previous fee discount programme was scrapped

Government may harness funding agreements to influence mix of teacher specialties

Australian schools to run short of teachers as funding cuts and ‘bad media’ bite into education enrolments

As peak marking season approaches, Julianne Law gives a frank assessment of where her university’s new paperless marking system has gone right and what could be improved

Canadian universities’ recruitment of teachers must be done purely on academic merit, say Rodney Clifton and Alexandra Burnett 

Murky cross-subsidy between university courses must be addressed by the government’s review of higher education funding, argues David Robinson

John Cater believes his Higher Education Policy Institute report offers some answers

Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned

Few academic department heads receive any formal leadership training when they step up into middle management, a study says

New education secretary praises moves to open up sector to new providers, but majority allowing bill to next stage is only 36

Alan Ruby sings the praises of the less-heralded face of US higher education

David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive

New head of Staffordshire University says sector must think harder about whether classrooms and lecture halls on campus are suited to modern teaching methods

BERA vice-president Ian Menter examines a confusing reference to his work in the government's teacher training proposals

If qualified teacher status is abolished, the role of a postgraduate certificate becomes even more important, says Jacquie Nunn

Wide-ranging policy document notes importance of university provision in plans for teacher training reform

Higher education institutions are ready to do their bit but are being held back, say Maureen Glackin and Claire Taylor

King’s College London professor of education and social justice will be first woman to lead IoE

Chris Husbands, former director of the UCL IoE, also says his new institution should ‘not be distracted by league tables’

Damning report condemns government for not reaching recruitment target in past four years

Mark Oyama’s statements about adult-child sex and schoolchildren with disabilities made him ‘unsuitable’, University of Hawaii said

Street mime artist-turned-professor Gilberto Scaramuzzo explains to Jack Grove how the wordless theatre form can enrich university teaching

‘Very disappointing’ provider inspection triggers education minister to overhaul system

Kenn Nakata Steffensen takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing Japan’s public universities

Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

Strategic plan ushers in £3 million bursary programme, plus ‘pathways out of the university’ for staff who fail to align with mission

Initial teacher training chief moves to the Ministry of Justice

Research shows female ITT leaders having to 'reinvent' themselves to survive in a more marketised landscape

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education