SCEPTrE Portal

This portal provides access to the learning and resources developed by the Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education (SCEPTrE): one of 74 Higher Education 'Centres For Excellence in Teaching and Learning' established by the Government between 2005 and 2011.

SCEPTrE's work supported and helped develop further the University of Surrey's distinctive approach to undergraduate education which offers opportunities in every programme for real world experiences through year long or intergrated work placements.

SCEPTrE's educational mission was formed around the inspiring idea of learning for a complex world: learning that embraces formal education and informal learning gained from everyday experiences.. Through the many projects it supported or instigated SCEPTrE developed the novel ideas of lifewide learning and lifewide education.

Team Members

Learning for a Complex World Image

Lifewide Education

What we do as educators and institutions is only one side of the educational equation. Learners are busy preparing themselves for the rest of their lives. We often forget that people use the opportunities and experiences provided by their whole lives, rather than just those parts that are engaged in education, to achieve this.
 
It seems self evident that we are who we are because of the way we have lived our lives and the way we currently live our lives and our past and present holds the potential to become who we want or need to be in the future.

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