About Us

The London Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (LONCETT) is one of eleven Centres for Excellence in Teacher Training, funded by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, as part of the national strategy to identify, develop and share good practice and provide models for improving the quality of teacher training and support teacher training providers.  Led by the Institute of Education, University of London, LONCETT has developed collaborative partnerships with organisations across London. 

Each one of the Centres for Excellence in Teacher Training has a particular focus and theme. At the heart of LONCETT are three research projects linked to curriculum development for initial teacher training for the lifelong-learning sector. The projects are based in the context of:

• Vocational skills teachers in further education and work based learning
• Teachers and instructors in prisons and offender education
• Teachers and tutors in adult and community learning

The objectives of the projects are:

• Expand access; improve recruitment and induction to ITT
• Increase emphasis upon specialist pedagogies in ITT and CPD
• Improve specialist mentoring and workplace support
• Foster and sustain teacher-education communities
• Transfer good practice within and beyond CETT