Background to BA(Hons) Primary Teacher Education Cultural Placements

Since the publication in 2003 of the National Primary Strategy Excellence and Enjoyment (DfES, 2003), which recommended the dissemination of 'good practice' between the museums and galleries sector and schools by establishing 'effective relationships' (p.33), Oxford Brookes University has been at the forefront of brokering such partnerships with local cultural venues. This website celebrates the longevity and importance of these partnerships.

From 2003, Oxford Brookes University BA (Hons) Primary Teacher Education students have undertaken cultural placements as part of their teacher training experience (with the exception of the academic year 2020/21 due to Covid restrictions). The cultural placements started when Oxford Brookes University and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, were invited to be part of a programme, developed by Karen Hosack Janes, then Head of Schools at the National Gallery, London. The programme (evaluated by the University of Cambridge) was Government-funded in response to the  Government-commissioned report All Our Futures (NACCCE, 1999). 

One of the objectives of the cultural placement programme was to build sustainable links between teacher training providers and regional museums and galleries. This website demonstrates that regional partnerships with Oxford Brookes University continue to be strong (see the list on the side navigation).