Gina’s Blog

January of this year saw CORE and Middlesex University embark on a partnership to deliver the Learning Through International Partnerships postgraduate module for UK teachers.

We kicked off the module with a conference at the Middlesex campus. The students hooked up to me in Christchurch ten thousand miles away, via skype and I lasted until about 1.30am with strong coffee and chocolate.

It’s been a fabulous year! We have never met face to face, but together we have gathered and analysed data to examine the impact of international partnerships on their students, staff and school.

This year’s impact evaluation report from Midwheb (Middlesex University’s teacher education programmes) shows that this kind of study has resulted in 30% of teachers gaining a promotion as a result of the work they have done through these modules.

Next year I will continue as associate lecturer with Middlesex to tutor another module in partnership with the UK’s Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.