Politically silenced academics should not retreat into echo chambers timeshighereducation.com/blog/political… via Times Higher Education

"If there has indeed been a closing of ranks against the academic community in education policy-making, perhaps the task of setting a better standard of debate falls to us." Clare Brooks Cambridge University on universities & education policy. Times Higher Education timeshighereducation.com/blog/political…

The report is out - the relationship between Ofsted and schools is perceived as toxic - see our recommendations for change beyondofsted.org.uk Professor Alice Bradbury BeyondOfsted National Education Union UCL Institute of Education

📝 NEW BLOG POST The teacher education content framework we really need Clare Brooks Read article here: bera.ac.uk/blog/the-teach…

Keith Turvey PhD Just read Hordern & Brookes, 2023 which exemplifies the bizarre state of play in ITE. I’m sure the market review, accreditation, CCF/ECT straitjackets, ITAPs etc & their implications have not been fully recognised in the public domain. Frightening.

What should a high quality content framework for teacher education look like? Read this new BERA blog from Dr Trevor Mutton, Clare Brooks and jo mcintyre ⬇

My view on the new ITT and ECF framework @UCET_UK ucet.ac.uk/15623/dfe-the-…

Could England's highly controversial reforms to #teacher education now have repercussions further afield? Join Jim Hordern (Department of Education at Bath), Clare Brooks (Cambridge University) & Maria Teresa Tatto (Arizona State University) on 5 March to explore the implications. For Zoom access, Email: [email protected]

Who can fix England's teacher recruitment & retention crisis & how? Put your views to our panel Cambridge Festival on 20 March: Clare Brooks, @LordJimKnight, Andy Love Highdown School, Loic Menzies, Stef Sullivan UoN Teacher Training, & Cathy Tooze Herts & Essex School bit.ly/teacher-crisis

Officially Dr Healy🎓#PhDDone. Immensely grateful for the enriching and unwavering support of Clare Brooks & Professor Nicola Walshe as wonderful supervisors, and thankful for all those who have made this journey possible! 📘Thesis available open access: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1018…

Teaching requires both a ‘repertoire’ of approaches and a ‘reservoir’ of understanding – and the government won’t fix the recruitment and retention crisis by ignoring the latter, say Clare Brooks and Tom Kirk tes.com/magazine/analy…

It's been a while since I updated the TeachFirst costs sheet. Now up to date (I think). £558m investment/21,000 teachers/21 years. Schools contributed 1/3 of that total directly! bit.ly/3z8kUqV

Brilliant new blog from Brian Hudson and Dr Deb Outhwaite on our FEPG site entitled 'Addressing the crisis in the professional education and development of teachers in England. Essential reading. Mel Ainscow Melissa Benn Tony Breslin Peter Lacey 🇺🇦 Prof. Marilyn Leask Prof Sarah Younie

Beyond Ofsted: the brilliant Jane Perryman talking through the results of the survey Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Brilliant talk by Tess Rendoth ⁦Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge⁩ on inclusion in ITE based on her research in Australia

I mean the lovely Tess Rendoth

❄️ Winter 2024 New issue of Research Intelligence (issue 161): Reclaiming teacher education: Opportunities for a research informed & politically engaged profession @RushtonDr Clare Brooks Elaine Sharpling Barbara Skinner Download and read here: bera.ac.uk/publication/wi…