Institute of Education

- London

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Overview

Institute of Education (IOE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to postgraduate study and research in the field of education. The Institute is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with over 700 research students in the doctoral school. It also has the largest portfolio of postgraduate programmes in education in the UK, with approximately 4,000 students taking Master's programmes, and a further 1,200 students doing PGCE teacher-training courses.

The Institute has long been recognised as a leading centre of educational enquiry. At any one time it hosts over 100 research projects funded by Research Councils, government departments and other agencies. The Institute publishes Educate~ – The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education

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IOE is also famous for having the largest collection of books related to education in the whole Europe.  It has over 300,000 books and 2000 periodicals.

Main Collections

• Educational collection of publications covering every aspect of education in the United Kingdom.
• International collection covering aspects of the organisation of education outside the UK
• Reference collection including reference works, indexes, legal guidance, statistics of education in the UK and recent official government publications.
• Other subjects collection containing publications on educational related subjects including psychology, sociology, linguistics etc.
• Large selection of teaching materials for all subjects and stages of the curriculum with children’s fiction and picture books.

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