UCL and the Institute of Education confirm merger

UCL and the Institute of Education (IOE) have today confirmed that they will be merging with effect from 2 December. The merger will create a new institution with over 35,000 students, confirming UCL as the biggest higher education institution in London, and the largest postgraduate institution in the UK, with 19,000 postgraduate students. It will have over 11,000 staff and a combined income of over £1bn. UCL and the IOE embarked on a strategic partnership in October 2012, and then announced in February this year the opening of a consultation on a formal merger, which both institutions' Councils have now formally approved. The IOE Council has today given final approval to the merger, and initiated steps to formally rescind the IOE's Royal Charter, granted in 1987. The IOE will join UCL as a single Faculty School, to be known as the UCL Institute of Education. While the merger formally comes into being on 2 December, the process of change will continue throughout 2014/15.
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