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Oxford Brookes University

 

About Us

 

Our project consortium consists of a network of initial teacher training (ITT) providers in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire. The members of the consortium are linked in a partnership with Westminster Institute of Education at Oxford Brookes University. The institute was formed in 2000 as the result of a merger of Oxford Brookes University’s School of Education with Westminster College, both of which have a long and proud tradition of delivering teacher education.   

 

The consortium has strong links with further education and sixth-form colleges, as well as adult and community learning (ACL), work-based learning (WBL) and prison education providers in the surrounding region; the majority of students on the part-time PGCE/CertEd course are drawn from these institutions. We developed a full-time PGCE (PCET - post-compulsory education and training) course in 1999, which now has 40 students who undertake placements and receive mentoring support at the institute’s partner colleges.

 

"We wanted to find out which strategies and mechanisms would offer the most effective means of supporting the initial and continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers in the learning and skills sector. Our investigation focused on the use of individual learning plans (ILPs) and how these could be carried forward into professional development portfolios (PDPs). As part of this investigation, we also considered the use of information and learning technology (ILT) to support the development of subject-specialist communities of practice."

 

Partners in the project
Abingdon and Witney College

Milton Keynes College

Newbury College

Oxfordshire Adult and Community learning at Oxfordshire County Council

Swindon College

The Royal Artillery Centre for Personal Development

Westminster Institute of Education at Oxford Brookes University

 

Resources
Evaluation report - PDF format
Case study

Case study - printable version - Word format
Summary of ILP and CPD literature reviews - Word format
Report on the readiness of Human Resources department - Word format
WebCT evaluation report - Word format
Examples of the ILP models used (given in the appendix to the evaluation report)
Final model, rationale and guidance notes - Word format
Report on interview and screening processes used in the project (contained in the appendix to the evaluation report)