§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list (a) the members of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, (b) the criteria for selection of members, (c) the relevant qualifications of present members, (d) the number of Trades Union Congress-nominated places and (e) how many Trades Union Congress-nominated places are taken up by women.
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§ Mrs. RumboldThe membership of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is as follows:
Professor William Taylor (Chairman)
Vice Chancellor, University of Hull
Professor Anthony Becher
Professor of Education, University of Sussex
Mr. Andrew Collier
Chief Education Officer, Lancashire County Council
Dr. Marion Giles-Jones
Lecturer in Modern Languages, Department of Education, University of Wales
Dr. Mary Hallaway
Principal, Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds
Mr. Gordon McIntyre
Northern Ireland Regional Director, Open University
Mr. Renford Bambrough
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
Mr. Angus Clark
Board Director of Personnel, J. Sainsbury plc
Mr. Michael Dixon
Education Correspondent, Financial Times
Mr. Peter Griffin
Adviser, South Glamorgan, Local Education Authority
Mr. Alistair Lawton
Deputy Leader, Kent County Council
Dr. Bernice Martin
Reader in Sociology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London
Dr. Derek Mortimer
Principal, Suffolk College of Higher and Further Education
Mr. Michael Pipes
Headmaster, City of Portsmouth Boys' School
Dr. David Shadbolt
Principal, Worcester College of Higher Education
Dr. David Winkley
Head, Grove Junior School, Handsworth
Councillor Patrick Mullany
Chairman, Doncaster Education Committee
Mr. Peter Scott
Principal Inspector, Schools, Lincolnshire
741WMr. Peter Ward
Personnel Director (UK), Hewlett Packard
Mr. William Wright
Chief Education Officer, Wakefield
Appointments to the council are made by the Secretaries of State for Education and Science, and for Wales on a personal basis. The criteria for selection of members were set out in Department of Education and Science circular 3/84, Welsh Office circular 21/84:
The membership of the Council will be drawn mainly from practising school teachers, teacher trainers and elected members of local education authorities, with the aim of giving the Secretaries of State the benefit of the advice of experienced professionals with a broad knowledge of the best practice in teacher education. It will also be desirable to facilitate links through the membership with the other main bodies concerned with the location, scale and quality of teacher education.The council at present consists of five staff of teacher training institutions; four other higher education members; three teachers; six members or officers of local education authorities and three other members. One teacher member is also a councillor. Two LEA members and one teacher trainer member were originally appointed while serving teachers. There are no Trades Union Congress-nominated places on the council.