Joshua Piggott, science subject leader and Year 3 (age 8) teacher at St. Nicholas CE First School, Codsall, Staffordshire talks with his ITE tutor, Sally Spicer, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Teacher Education, about his experiences as a trainee and as a new teacher and science subject leader.

Last Friday saw the return of CTE’s annual Inclusion Conference. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do as teachers and this significantly important day sits at the heart of our spring term curriculum, with its focus on adaptive teaching. This year the event welcomed trainees from all our courses. Primary, Secondary, PGCEi and iQTS trainees joined together to consider the importance of inclusion in our school environments.

The University of Warwick awarded honorary degrees to a number of outstanding individuals in January 2023 as part of its winter graduation ceremonies. One of the recipients of the honorary degrees is Dr. Peter Kent. As the former headteacher of Rugby’s Lawrence Sheriff school, he worked in close partnership with the Warwick Centre for Teacher Education in all of its teaching school roles.

Educators around the world will be able to train remotely for a new UK government-backed international teaching qualification with the University of Warwick – one of only six pilot providers selected by the Department of Education (DfE).