"Europe should help set up a teacher training academy to help counter the "embarrassing disappointment" that makes up much of teaching in the continent's universities and colleges, a new report recommends. The study, published Tuesday (15 June), indicates that across Europe's 4,000 higher education institutions the balance between teaching and research - with much more respect given to the latter - is out of kilter. It also notes that while professional teacher training is "generally taken for granted" at primary and secondary level, it is often seen as not needed at tertiary level." (Quoted from article)