The Institute of Education (IOE) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom specialised in postgraduate study and research in the field of education, and a constituent college of the University of London. It 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 on PGCE teacher-training courses.
At any one time the IOE hosts over 100 research projects funded by Research Councils, government departments and other agencies. The IOE is generally recognised as one of the best institutions focusing on educational research and offering teacher training and Education studies (for example, it was accorded joint first place, alongside Oxford University, in the 2008 Research Assessment 'Education' subject rankings, according to both Times Higher Education and the Guardian). The Institute publishes Educate~ The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education.
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