Press Release

Launch Of Ground-Breaking Partnership Between NUT And Cumbria University

4 July 2008

The National Union of Teachers and Cumbria University have launched a ground-breaking partnership in professional learning.

Building on its partnerships across the country, the NUT as the largest teacher organisation in Europe, has for the first time in the North West teamed up with one of the biggest higher education providers to offer a range of high quality professional development programmes for teachers.

The NUT’s Acting General Secretary, Christine Blower said:

“Our professional development programmes are well respected and based on evidence of what works for teachers’ learning.

Time and again, the NUT has drawn on the best that Universities can offer for expert input to our courses.  What better way now for the NUT to take a step further and link up in partnership with one of the biggest teacher training providers in the country.  I welcome our partnership with Cumbria University.  It will provide the very best CPD and it shows that teacher organisations and universities can offer high quality professional development for all teachers.”

Neil Simco, the Dean of Education at the University of Cumbria said:
’The Faculty of Education at the University of Cumbria is delighted to be entering into this partnership with the NUT. We are very committed to this work as it will provide fresh opportunities for teachers to undertake high quality, contemporary, professional development that we hope will be of benefit both to them as individuals, to schools and to the wider profession.’