After more than 18 months of heated discussion, tension and turmoil, the future involvement of the higher education sector in initial teacher education became somewhat clearer yesterday.
The not-so-bad news is that more than 80 per cent of universities involved in delivering, in partnership with schools, undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher education (ITE) to some 30,000 prospective teachers each year will continue to be involved from 2024-25 onwards.
