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Institute for Learning

In the event, the newly elected Labour government accepted the findings of the Dearing Report into Higher Education, leading to the creation of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE) and indicated that the General Teaching Council (GTC) for England, which had been a manifesto commitment, would be established.

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30) was enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament on 16 July 1998, in order to improve the standards of teaching in the UK through the establishment of statutory General Teaching Councils (GTC's) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the modification the remit of the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

Undercover Teacher

Dolan was suspended from teaching for one year by the General Teaching Council because she 'breached student trust'.

Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers

It seeks to maintain good relationships with the wide range of official bodies that impinge on teacher education: the Training and Development Agency for Schools OFSTED, the General Teaching Councils, Lifelong Learning UK, Universities UK, the British Educational Research Association, the government departments responsible for teacher education and education in the four countries of the UK, and the higher education funding bodies.

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