Inter- and multidisciplinarity is a key feature of postgraduate training at the Imperial College in London. In addition, the importance of regular and intensive skills training has been accentuated since the decision to establish a Graduate School at Imperial College in 1992. In this presentation, Bernie Morley gives an overview of the School’s mission, its governance principles as well as its recruitment and quality assurance mechanisms. Moreover, he introduces the team of lecturers that is responsible for the students’ education.

Die Ausbildung von Lehrern in Deutschland ist verbesserungswürdig. Um Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Lehrerausbildung und Bildungsforschung zu machen, hat die Universität die »Professional School of Education« ins Leben gerufen. Diese ist eine Kombination aus Professional School und Graduate School und verbindet Forschung, Lehre und Anwendungsorientierung. Sie bezieht alle Fächer im Bereich der Lehrerausbildung (inklusive Fachwissenschaft sowie Fachdidaktik) und die Bildungswissenschaften ein. Im vorliegenden Beitrag stellen Hans-Dieter Rinkens und Annegret H. Hiligus die konzeptionellen Grundlagen, den möglichen Radius der Forschungsaktivitäten sowie die Organisationsstruktur der Schule vor.

The expectations graduate schools have to lift up to are high. In order to be successful in the long run, they have to combine basic units’ entrepreneurship with the promotion of excellence in research and continuous quality control at the same time. In this presentation, Louis Maheu introduces into the world of Canadian graduate schools. To this end, he gives a short overview of Canadian PhD Education and explains the principles, governance arrangements as well as the challenges faced by Canadian graduate schools.