Introduction
(Only available to Primary QTS students during the Extending Placement Phase.)
The University provides several opportunities for student teachers to be placed at greater distance within the British Isles providing a wide and diverse range of experiences for students. These placements are subject to an application process.
The University must ensure that placements outside England do not jeopardise the need for the University to be compliant with the Department for Education (DfE) advice, informed by The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2019, which requires practical teaching experience for the purposes of ITT to take place wholly or mainly in England, or in schools administered by Service Children’s Education. The University therefore only allows students to undertake one placement outside England during the length of a course.
Learning in Harmony Trust
Subject to the satisfactory completion of a developing placement and the successful outcome of a selection process, North West students have the opportunity to complete their extending placement in conjunction with the Learning in Harmony Trust. Students wishing to pursue this opportunity are expected to be proactive and self-motivated and be able to work with pupils from wide and diverse backgrounds.
Briefings take place on both Carlisle and Lancaster Campus early in Semester one with interested students being invited to complete an application of interest with interviews taking place in the first half of Semester two. Students can find out more about the Learning in Harmony Trust by clicking here or by contacting Phil Wright, University Partnership Tutor (UPT) with responsibility for the LIHT project at: phil.wright@cumbria.ac.uk
Northern Ireland Placements
Only primary students with a home address in Ireland or Northern Ireland can opt for a placement there and are expected to live at their home address whilst on placement.
Additional information for primary Undergraduate Students can be found here - Northern Ireland Distant Placement Undergrad Information
Travel and Accommodation Arrangements
Students who are invited to attend a distant placement will be expected to be proactive and self-motivated in making and paying for their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
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