Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres Nord-Pas de Calais, France

From 1992 to 2013 the mission of the Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres Nord-Pas de Calais was to provide initial teacher training (elementary and secondary), including preparing applicants for competitions for teaching positions and providing professional training for new teachers. The training was both theoretical as well as practical and done within a framework alternating between general professional training and teacher education, with teachers in training responsible for a certain number of hours of classroom teaching all year long. Research on teacher training and education was developed within IUFM. In 2013 IUFM ceased to exist, and its functions were taken over by the École Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Éducation.

The research library, Villeneuve d’Ascq