{"id":245786,"date":"2026-04-30T23:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=245786"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:15:23","slug":"protect-and-nurture-universitys-role-in-teacher-training-says-outgoing-ucet-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/protect-and-nurture-universitys-role-in-teacher-training-says-outgoing-ucet-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Protect and nurture’ university role in teacher training, says outgoing UCET boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government must \u201cprotect and nurture\u201d university teacher training departments as the wider higher education sector faces huge financial pressures, warned a departing sector leader.<\/p>\n

James Noble-Rogers has recently stepped down as chief executive of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET<\/a>) after a turbulent 22 years.<\/p>\n

In an exit interview with Schools Week<\/em>, he reflected on how the Tories\u2019 initial teacher training (ITT) review caused him the \u201cmost stress I\u2019ve faced in my career\u201d but felt pride in the sector\u2019s Covid pandemic response.<\/span><\/p>","protected":true},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Noble-Rogers reflects on decades advocating for university teacher training departments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314902,"featured_media":245511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28,236],"post-theme":[3420],"class_list":["post-245786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dfe","tag-teacher-training","post-theme-profile"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t