The Robert Owen Group has been training teachers for 12 years.
Originally formed as the Marches Consortium in 1993, we have been training teachers with local schools and colleges since 1998.
Working in partnership with our members, we have trained hundreds of teachers in this time.
In 2010 we changed our image and our name to become the Robert Owen Group. Before this, we were called the Robert Owen Society, and before this we were the Marches Consortium.
A history of our organisation
The Marches Consortium was formed in 1993 as a partnership of schools, colleges and universities which aimed to collaborate to raise education and training standards for young people within the local area. In 1998 the Marches Consortium became an accredited Initial Teacher Training provider and started training trainee teachers through the school centred initial teacher training route.
Other projects such as the Increased Flexibility Project, delivering vocational GNVQs in schools, and VETO - Vocational Education Training Opportunities, were run alongside teacher training.
In 2003 the Robert Owen Society became an overarching umbrella organisation for these different projects and courses. This overarching umbrella structure allowed existing projects to continue and for new projects to be formed underneath the Robert Owen Society and for them to be delivered within the Society's existing infrastructure.
Now, in 2010, we are called the Robert Owen Group and have brought all of all projects and courses under one single logo and image, making it easier for our customers and members to relate all of our activities.
The Robert Owen Society, the Marches Consortium and the Marches/Y Gororau Society of Sustainable Communities still exist as organisations but now all sit within the Robert Owen Group.
