Institute of Education, University of London

An overview

The Institute of Education (IOE) has been providing first-class teacher training, in partnership with schools and colleges in the London region, for over 100 years. A graduate college of the University of London, we are a world-renowned centre for education studies and related social sciences. According to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise results, we top the league tables in education research in both quality and quantity. Across all subjects, the IOE's performance places it in the top 10 universities in the UK.

Teacher training programmes

In the latest Training and Development Agency for Schools NQT Survey, 83 per cent of IOE newly qualified teachers rated the overall quality of their training as good or very good. All our initial teacher training programmes were rated as outstanding or good with outstanding features in our most recent Ofsted inspection.

Our Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) programmes are modular and carry masters-level credits. You may be able to use these credits to contribute towards a masters qualification in education, and we can continue to support you throughout your teaching career with a huge variety of professional development programmes.

Our PGCE programmes include:

• a Primary PGCE with full-time and part-time routes, and with French and Spanish
• a Secondary PGCE in 15 subject areas:
  • Art and design
  • Business and economics education
  • Citizenship
  • English
  • English with Drama
  • Geography
  • History
  • Information and communications technology
  • Mathematics
  • Modern foreign languages
  • Music
  • Physics with Mathematics
  • Religious education
  • Science
  • Social science
• Post-Compulsory programmes for people who want to teach a wide range of subjects (including English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), literacy and numeracy) to adults

With our network of partner schools, we also offer school-based routes into teaching including:

• School Direct Training Programme - for new graduates
• School Direct Training programme (salaried) - for graduates with 3+ years' career experience
• Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP) - for those with overseas teaching qualifications

To find out more about any of these programmes, visit ioe.ac.uk/teach

In addition, we also provide the Teach First programme for London, in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University and King's College London. More information can be found on the Teach First website: teachfirst.org.uk

Further study

We offer higher degrees in all areas of education and related aspects of the social sciences and professional practice. We also offer short courses and host conferences.

Masters programmes

We deliver more than fifty programmes at masters-level in areas including health; international development; media, culture and communication; psychology and sociology; as well as education and teaching across all phases and in a number of specific subject fields.

For a full list of taught masters programmes, please go to ioe.ac.uk/masters

Research programmes

The IOE has a graduate research community of more than 800 students, by far the largest in the field of education in the UK, and one of the biggest for social research.

We lead an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) accredited doctoral training centre in partnership with Birkbeck, SOAS and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which offers a total of 26 studentships per annum.

Research topics include health, welfare, children's rights, international development, the social sciences, media, psychology and technology, as well as education. Many prestigious research centres and projects are based at the Institute and we attract research funding from a wide range of organisations, both in the UK and overseas.

We offer the following research degree programmes:

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degrees
• Doctor in Education (EdD)
• Doctor in Professional Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology (DEdPsy)
• Master of Research (MRes) Educational and Social Research
• Master of Science (MSc) in Economics of Education; Policy Analysis and Evaluation; and Research for Public Policy and Practice

For further information about our research degrees, visit ioe.ac.uk/pgr

To discover more or apply for any of our study programmes, please get in touch.

Tel: 020 7612 6043 (Taught programmes) / 020 7612 6122 (Research study)
Email (Taught programmes): enquiries@ioe.ac.uk
Email (Research study): doc.enquiries@ioe.ac.uk
Web: ioe.ac.uk