The quality of our courses is confirmed by accreditations from the Training and Development Agency (TDA), OFSTED and the Higher Education Council (HEFC) Funding Programme.
In its 2010 inspection report on our Initial Teacher Education courses, OFSTED awarded the department Grade 1 across all strands of Initial Teacher Education for promotion of equality and diversity.
Provision is good across all ITE phases and leads to high quality outcomes for trainees. Rigorous recruitment and selection arrangements are in place to ensure that LSBU and its partners attract those trainees who have the capacity to benefit from, and contribute to, the different ITE courses. With high quality training and assessment, effective use of resources and very supportive tutors and mentors, trainees make good progress, whatever their starting point.
Read the full 2010 OFSTED Report (PDF 135KB - opens in new window)
Our department has received a number of awards for our work; recently Stephen Lerman, Professor of Mathematics Education, received the Sven Pederson Award for contributions to mathematics research.
The department's work on sustainability has also been recognised by the award in 2009 by the United Nations Education to LSBU to coordinate the London Regional Centre for Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.
The department has also been the recipient, in conjunction with international partners, of five prestigious European Commission research and development grants since 2006. The latest of these, "Exploring Interethnic violence and children's Rights in the School Environment", was awarded in 2011.
Stephen Lerman, Professor of Mathematics Education, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the new Encyclopaedia of Mathematics Education, published by Springer.
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