Summary
- Faculty of Education, Law & Social Sciences
- School
- The School of Secondary and Post-Compulsory Education and Training
- Campus
- City North , Perry Barr
- Duration
- Full Time: 1 year
Part Time: 2 years
- Fees
- Please contact the Faculty for further information:
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 7300
Email: education@bcu.ac.uk
Overview
This course seeks to train and support student teachers in the field of Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET).
Students will acquire the necessary skills to work as a teacher in PCET by undertaking practice-based placements as well as course work.
Students studying for a PGCE PCET at Birmingham City University will benefit from our strong partnerships, as well learning as from expert teaching staff and professionals in the workplace. We have a national reputation for our teaching education, which prepares trainees to tackle teaching in a challenging 21st Century environment.
Trainees learn in a productive, modern and supportive learning environment at the faculty and can take advantage of sophisticated facilities and resources.
Key Facts
This course is a nationally-recognised qualification and a government requirement for graduates teaching in further education.
It is endorsed by Standards Verification UK (SVUK) until 2013 and incorporates PTTLLS, CTTLLS and DTTLLS.
The course includes further education; adult education; work-based training and community education.
We have partnership arrangements with most of the large further education colleges in the West Midlands, as well as prison education units and a number of training agencies and private providers.
Trainees undertake at least 150 hours of teaching in their main subject area and all are supported by a subject specialist mentor.
We are justly proud of our educational standards and facilities. We are one of the top universities in the UK for teacher training. Birmingham City University is one of just 10 universities in the country that has attained a ‘Grade One: Outstanding’ classification from Ofsted for teacher training.
In addition, the Training and Development Agency (TDA) awarded our secondary teacher training its highest grade, a category ‘A’.
A limited number of bursaries may be available to support students on this course.
Course Outline
Course Structure
The course begins in September. Those on the full-time, one-year course will spend two days a week at the University and three on placement. Those enrolling on the part-time course, which will take two years to complete, will attend classes at University one evening and one day a week and will have two block placements a year.
Gaining practical teaching experience is central to the course.
Students on the full-time course are required to teach for at least 150 hours over the duration of the course and to spend at least 60 days on placements. Students on the part-time course are required to teach for at least 100 hours and to spend at least 50 days on placements per year.
Modules
The course is based on the following modules, which will incorporate a minimum core of language, literacy, numeracy and ICT:
- Preparing to teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
- Principles and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation
- Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector.
Plus two from Level 6:
- The Curriculum in the Lifelong Learning Sector
- Professional Graduate Teacher
- Continuing Personal and Professional Development.
Or two from Level 7:
- The Curriculum in the Lifelong Learning Sector: The Postgraduate Teacher
- Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Wider Professional Practice.
Students will receive support and professional guidance from a University tutor and a work-based mentor who will monitor them during the practice of teaching.
Students will receive support and professional guidance from a University tutor and a work-based mentor who will monitor them during the practice of teaching.
Assessments
There is no examination. Instead, assessments are made on coursework assignments, teaching practice and related tasks, the achievement of SVUK national standards and completion of the Minimum Core.
All parts of the course must be completed satisfactorily before the award of Professional Graduate Certificate in Education in Post-Compulsory Education and Training or Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Post-Compulsory Education and Training can be made.
These awards do not confer a license to practise but do form a route to Qualified Teacher/Tutor/Trainer Learning and Skills (QTLS).
Placements
We enjoy strong partnerships with a number of organisations and educational establishments across the West Midlands.
These include further education colleges, training agencies, community education and, for those who are interested in prison education, we have a number of placements at prisons in the region.
After your studies
Further Studies
The MA Education is a flexible part-time programme intended for those working in all education sectors. Those gaining the postgraduate qualification can enter our MA programme.
Employment Opportunities
This course allows you to progress your career in the Post-Compulsory Education and Training sector and forms part of the route towards attaining QTLS.
A high number of our trainees take up teaching positions in further education colleges, sixth form centres or training agencies.
How to apply
Entry Requirements
Applicants are expected to have a first degree from a UK higher education institution or a recognised equivalent and the content of your previous experience and education should provide the necessary foundation for work as a teacher.
At the point of entry to the course, it is also necessary to have GCSE at grade C or above (or its equivalent) in English and Mathematics.
Application Details
All applications need to be made via the GTTR website. All the help you need should be available on their website. The GTTR helpline number is 08701 122 205.
Applications: via GTTR
Course code: X341
See more general information on making your application for a course at Birmingham City University.
Fees Notes
Please contact the School for further information.
Further Information
The University holds regular Open day events when timed presentations about the course are given.
Further visit days are offered when places on the course have been offered, enabling students to ask more specific questions about the course.
The Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences
Birmingham City University
Faculty Office
4th Floor,
Dawson Building
City North Campus
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2SU
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 7300
Fax: +44 (0)121 331 6622
Email: education@bcu.ac.uk
Web: Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences