Teacher training
The latest news and analysis on how teachers are trained, including initial teacher training (ITT) – or initial teacher education (ITE) in Scotland – and the early career framework (ECF)
Tuesday
9th Apr 2024
Centre of Teaching Excellence ‘should be renamed’
In response to the SNP government’s plan for a Centre of Teaching Excellence, secondary heads warn ‘excellence’ is ‘a tarnished word’ in Scottish education
![Government urged to rename ‘Centre of Teaching Excellence’](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/Gilruth-excellence.jpg?itok=V7Q-8rOL)
Abandoning overseas teacher scheme could be disaster for physics
The CEO of the Institute of Physics says cutting short a pilot project for subjects struggling to recruit is baffling and will only make existing problems a lot worse
![Physics class](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/Physics-class02.jpg?itok=OGgmyhf0)
Wednesday
3rd Apr 2024
£10k payment for non-UK trainees cut for next year
The international relocation payment for overseas teacher training applicants for physics and languages has been stopped
![£10k payment for non-UK teachers cut for next year](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/%C2%A310kpayment.jpg?itok=3VQoUw_t)
Warning over ITT dropout rise after subject funding cuts
Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers writes to Gillian Keegan describing the decision to end funding for teacher trainee subject knowledge courses as ‘unprecedented’
![Gillian Keegan in hat against "on" switch](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-04/Keegan-fund.jpg?itok=fzULLaOh)
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