1. ESCalate at UCET 2010: Teacher Education Futures across the Four Nations of the UK A Scottish perspective Ian Menter

2. Three headlines Education posts slashed! Reshaping education departments – the institutional context Donaldson sorts it out! (We hope….)

3. Education posts slashed! Academic posts lost in three of the largest departments – Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde (15-30 percent cuts) The problems with workforce planning

4. Reshaping education depts. (institutional context 1) Aberdeen – School of Education within College of Arts and Social Sciences Dundee – Faculty of Education, Social Work and Community Education within College of Arts and Social Sciences Edinburgh – Moray House School of Education within College of Humanities and Social Science Glasgow – School of Education within College of Social Sciences Stirling – Institute of Education Strathclyde – School of Education within Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences West of Scotland – School of Education within Faculty of Education, Health and Social Sciences

5. Institutional context (2) Further staffing cuts – can they be delayed? (SFC predicting 16%) Student fees – on their way (in the shape of a ‘graduate contribution’)?

6. The Review of Teacher Education in Scotland Led by Graham Donaldson, former Senior Chief Inspector, HMIe Reporting in January 2011 Two earlier reviews What will he say? –Context: McCrone and Curriculum for Excellence –Partnerships –The continuum –The role of the university –Institutional consolidation? –Teach First (Teach for Scotland?) How will Government respond?

7. Websites/ references Review of Teacher Education in Scotland: http://www.reviewofteachereducationinsco tland.org.uk/ http://www.reviewofteachereducationinsco tland.org.uk/ Literature Review on Teacher Education in the 21 st Century: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/ 2010/09/24144019/0