Records of Conference of Institute Directors (CID), Conference of Heads of University Departments of Education (CHUDE) and Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET), comprising:
- Agendas, minutes and accompanying papers for committees, sub-committees, working groups and meetings with other bodies
- Subject files relating to all areas of teacher education
- Correspondence between members and with the government and external bodies
- Conference reports
- Publications
UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS (UCET)
The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) was created in 1967 by the merger of the Conference of Heads of University Departments of Education (CHUDE) and the Conference of Institute Directors (CID). CHUDE had been founded in 1959 as a forum for the heads of university education departments in England and Wales whilst the CID, founded in 1957, acted similarly for the directors of Institutes of Education. In 1993 UCET merged with the Polytechnics Council for the Education of Teachers (PCET) to create a larger UCET body. The Council 's objectives are to provide a forum for discussion, make a contribution to policy and act as a clearing house for information on all matters relating to the education of teachers of relevance to its members.
CONFERENCE OF INSTITUTE DIRECTORS (CID)
The Conference of Institute Directors was set up in response to the establishment of Area Training Organisations after the publication of the McNair Report (1944). The Area Training Organisations (ATOs), separately funded, generally associated to the local university, and normally called Institutes of Education, were introduced to bring teacher training colleges into a closer relationship with their local university. The CID's membership was made up of the Director of each of the Institutes established around England and Wales.
CONFERENCE FOR THE HEADS OF UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION (CHUDE)
The Conference of Heads of University Departments of Education (CHUDE) was established in 195[9] and was made up of the Heads and Acting Heads of Departments in Education in universities and university colleges in England and Wales. It aimed to meet at least twice each academic year. CHUDE's main functions were to discuss general policy concerning the training of graduate teachers and common matters across the departments of education; and supervise the operation of schemes concerning the registration and admission of students to courses. It liaised with other bodies including the Conference of Institute Directors and the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education, and responded to enquiries from the Ministry of Education (later the Department of Education and Science - DES).
The committee of CHUDE comprised the Chair (Professor A V Judges of University of London, King's College); the Secretary (Professor Tibble of the School of Education at the University of Leicester), and five officers.
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The collection has been declipped from UCE/A-UCE/C/7/9. The remainder of the collection requires declipping. All papers have been repackaged.
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Records of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers were removed as a full set of papers are available at the National Archives (RefNo ED 86 / ED 234). The paper comprised papers of meetings which were the copies of Professor J W Tibble who sat on the Council.
Records of the Advisory Council on the Supply and Education of Teachers / Advisory Council on the Supply and Training of Teachers (minutes of meetings) were destroyed as a full set of papers at available at the National Archives (RefNo ED 281)
Original records relating to the work of the Polytechnics Council for the Education of Teachers (PCET) were transferred to the PCET archive (Ref PCE)
Some of these records were previously held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (GBR/152/MSS.264). Others have been deposited regularly by UCET.
