Certificate in Education / PGCE
Entry requirements
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
- Applicants will require an honours degree or equivalent qualification. (UK ENIC certificates will be required for equivalent qualifications).
Certificate in Education
Applicants will require a Level 3 subject qualification, for example:
- Higher National Certificate or Diploma;
- Full City and Guilds Technological Certificate;
- Royal Society of Arts Advanced Award;
- G/NVQ III/IV Award;
- Other qualifications of equivalent standards to those listed above.
Applicants are required to hold GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent Level 2 qualification).
Interviews
All applicants will be required to attend interview.
Any offer of a place will be subject to:
- a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- an appropraiate teaching placement and subject specific mentor
Months of entry
September
Course content
The Certificate in Education and Professional Graduate Certificate in Education are professional qualifications for people teaching in further education colleges, sixth form colleges, schools, adult education, prison education, higher education, and a wide range of other education and training settings. The courses are available to graduates and to non-graduates with appropriate vocational qualifications and is studied in-service (2 years part-time).
The course is designed to encourage you to engage in activities which are directly related to their own teaching context. You are assessed through a mixture of essays, reports, assignments and practical tasks as appropriate for the learning outcomes of each individual module. It is a requirement that you pass the practical teaching elements of the course. Participants will be observed teaching in their normal teaching context and formally assessed a number of times throughout the programme.
The course is designed to develop a range of skills and knowledge required of a professional teacher in a post 16 environment. The course places a significant emphasis on participants developing the appropriate skills and knowledge they require to meet the needs of the learner. The fundamental principles of practice are underpinned by reference to theoretical perspectives, thus encouraging participants to effectively link theory to practice. Successful completion of the course is determined by continuous assessment.
Information for international students
International Requirements: IELTS 6.5 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the students' first language.
For more information as a international applicant please see our website.
Fees and funding
For information on funding opportunities please see our wesbite
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PGCE
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- CertEd
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Student Life
- studentlife@uos.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1473 338833