Influential National Role for Derby Academic
2 April 2012
Visiting research fellow, Rania Hafez, who has been made Chairperson of SCETT
As Chairperson, I will be working to re-assert the teacher's voice at the heart of the education debate.
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Rania Hafez
One of the University of Derby's esteemed visiting research fellows has been made Chairperson of a national membership body for teachers and lecturers.
Rania Hafez, a fellow at the University's Centre for Educational Research, became Chairperson of the Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers (SCETT) at its AGM held at the Headquarters of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) on March 28.
Rania, who is the Director of the network Muslim Women in Education, said: "I am delighted to be taking on the role of Chairperson for 2012 - SCETT's 31st year. As an independent and democratic membership organisation for teachers and lecturers, SCETT embodies the principles and values of autonomous professionalism, and as Chairperson, I will be working with the officers and SCETT members to re-assert the teacher's voice at the heart of the education debate."
Rania's new role will make her a leading figure in influencing national teacher education and training policy. One of her first duties will be to launch SCETT's forthcoming book The Role of the Teacher Today, to which she has contributed an important chapter on the topical issue of professionalism in further education.
SCETT was established in 1981 by the major teaching unions and professional associations. Its core membership consists of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL); the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT); the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT).
Taken together, the constituent, associate and individual members of SCETT represent the interest of over half a million teachers in supporting and developing initial teacher education and training and in all forms of continuing professional development.
