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John Forrester

Forrester was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and was educated at Eastwood (local authority run) School, the City School of Commerce in Stoke-on-Trent, and Alsager teacher training college in Cheshire.

Whitelands College

One of the oldest higher education institutions in England (predating every university except Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham), Whitelands College was founded by the Church of England's National Society in 1841 as a teacher training college for women.


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Alfredo Betancourt

After his primary education in his home town, when he was 14 years old Alfredo won a scholarship to study at the prestigious teacher training college, La Escuela Normal, San Salvador.

Árpád Potápi

In 1991 he graduated from Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College of Szeged as a teacher of Hungarian language, literature, history.

Bretton Hall

Bretton Hall College, former teacher-training college in West Yorkshire, England

Brunel Manor

During the following 90 years the house was variously occupied by Charles Ichabod Wright, Mr James Peck, Sir John Edwards-Moss, Frederick James Lund, Thomas John Crossman, Stockwell Teacher Training College (evacuated from London during World War II), and the Holiday Fellowship (who gave the estate its current name).

Carysfort College

The college developed further when 'Sedes Sapientiae' (Seat of Wisdom) Training School for girls (a recognised Teacher Training college) of Catherine McAuley Baggot Street moved to Carysfort in Blackrock.

Dechen Pem

In 1993, she joined the Teacher Training College in Paro and upon graduation became a teacher.

Kristiansand Teacher Training College

Kristiansand Teacher Training College (Kristiansand Lærerhøgskole) was established as Holt Seminary in Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway in 1839.

La Sainte Union

La Sainte Union College of Higher Education, a former teacher training college in Southampton.

Leon Gellert

After an education at Adelaide High School, he embarked on a teaching career; first as a student-teacher at Unley High School then at the University of Adelaide's Teacher Training College.

Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych in Sieradz

NKJO Sieradz is a state-funded teacher training college in Sieradz, a town in central Poland.

Padgate

The university campus (which is not in Padgate) belonging to the University of Chester was used as a camp for Canadian servicemen during the Second World War, before becoming a teacher training college in 1946.

St. Pauls, Cheltenham

Francis Close Hall, a former teacher training college and now a campus of the University of Gloucestershire, is situated in St. Pauls and has a state-of-the-art studio, laboratory, ICT, Gloucester suite training restaurant and Learning Centre.

Sultan Idris University of Education

The first teacher training center in Malaya was originally located in Taiping and was known as the Matang Teacher Training College.

University of Chichester

At Bognor Regis a teacher training college was founded in the 1940s to support the expansion of education.

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

The WELS maintains four schools of ministerial education: two college preparatory schools Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Luther Preparatory School; a pre-seminary and teacher training college, Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota; and a seminary for training pastors, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, located in Mequon, Wisconsin.