PGCE 30th Anniversary
The Sussex Consortium for Teacher Education and Research (PGCE) held its third annual meeting recently with representatives from more than 40 local primary and secondary schools attending.
The theme of this year's meeting was 'The future of Initial Teacher Education across Europe', building on the PGCE's existing links and exchanges with Canada, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. The keynote lecture was given by Professor Daniel Kallos from the University of Umea, Sweden. Professor Kallos is a central figure in the EU thematic network on ITE, and has conducted research on the delivery of teacher training in a number of EU countries.
The PGCE programme also celebrated its 30th anniversary with a birthday cake and presentations. Particular thanks were extended to former Consortium Chair Peter Bratton (Head of Hove Park School) and Primary Chair Jane Quincey (former head of Balfour Infant School) for their hard work in establishing the Consortium as a strong model of partnership in teacher education and to Mary Lewis, former Primary PGCE Director, for her enormous contribution over a number of years to the PGCE course.
