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The International Extension College - now more commonly referred to as IEC - was established in 1971 to help set up and sustain educational initiatives in developing countries. We specialise in the area of open and distance learning (ODL) which we use to provide appropriate solutions for educational problems.

Over the years we have helped set up many organisations and assisted with the further development of others. Details of current projects and others we have worked on appear on this website. IEC is also carrying out several research projects in and around various applications of open and distance learning - for details of these, please see our Research pages.

Our partners
We often work in partnership with other organisations - education establishments, NGOs and governments, and in-country specialists for example. IEC is also a member of the Cambridge Education Resource (CER). CER is a consortium of organisations based in Cambridge in the UK who specialise in education and training.

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Team picture
It is not easy to get the whole IEC team together on one occasion as there always seems to be someone who is working overseas... or taking the photograph (Jason took the one below and Kate and Maxine had not yet joined us when this picture was taken).


From left to right, around the table: Tony Wrightson, Vicky McCulloch, Judith Collier, Amanda Gibbard, Julie Leonard, Kay Day, Chris Yates, Flic Binns, Jo Bradley, Naomi Lockwood.

The picture below is not quite all of us but does include some of the DED Summer School participants in 2001


From left to right, back row: Amanda Gibbard, Chris Yates, Naomi Lockwood, Thulaganyo Thutoetsile (DED course), Naomi Nishioka (DED course), Miriam Maroba (DED course), next row, Jason Pennells, Julie Leonard, Vicky McCulloch, Jo Bradley, Barbara Spronk (former director, now overseas consultant), Rogerio Cossa (DED course), Abdul Salam Akbarzai (DED course), Daniel Dinis da Costa (DED course), Felicity Binns (Executive Director), kneeling, Esvah Chizambe (DED course), Judith Collier.

You will be able to find out more information about who works for IEC in our section on staff, and see how you can apply to be put on our Consultants database.