Programme summary for Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Primary Education with Modern Languages Specialism
About the programme
This programme aims to train teachers who are adept in educating children in London’s multicultural, multilingual environment, and in delivering the Modern Foreign Languages (French or Spanish) curriculum. Delivery is through taught input and school-based teaching placements in the UK and either France or Spain. You commence studies on the Professional Graduate Certificate, but may progress to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education.
Professional qualifications
After successful completion of the programme home students will be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Programme structure
The programme runs over 38 weeks from September to July. Eighteen weeks is spent in partner schools- generally split into three separate placements. The remaining time is spent in seminars, lectures, tutorials and assignment activities, designed to support your professional development.
Career opportunities
All our completing trainees wanting a teaching post have successfully attained one. Many have become members of school senior management teams. Further careers include educational psychologist, advisory worker, numeracy/literacy consultant, leading mathematics/literacy teacher, headteacher and managing resourced provision for children with special educational needs.
Support
- You receive mentor support in schools as well as visits from UEL tutors. Tutorial support is negotiated around your individual development needs. The programme is designed to support you in meeting the standards for QTS through focused seminars, lectures and assignments.
Admission
Application is through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR). You will need to demonstrate through your GTTR form and at interview that you:
- can read effectively and are able to communicate clearly and accurately in standard English;
- possess the appropriate qualities, attitudes and values expected of a teacher;
- have the intellectual and academic capabilities needed to meet the required QTS standards;
- have achieved a standard equivalent to Grade C in the GCSE examinations in English, science and mathematics;
- hold an honours degree, 2.2 or above, from a United Kingdom Higher Education Institution or an equivalent qualification;
- have had a minimum of five days work experience (voluntary or paid) with children in a mainstream primary school;
- are appropriately qualified in French or Spanish (usually you must possess an A level in your target language or have studied the language at degree level). * If your degree does not contain any French or Spanish or you do not have a relevant A Level, we will consider your application if you are a fluent French or Spanish speaker.
The process of selection will involve:
- scrutiny of the GTTR form;
- an English task;
- a mathematics task;
- an interview.
UEL is also required to ensure that potential applicants:
- have met the Secretary of State’s requirements for health and physical capacity to teach;
- undergo a background check to ensure that they do not have a criminal background which prevents them from working with children or young people or that they have not previously been excluded from teaching or working with children.
Applicants with non-British qualifications
If you hold a degree or qualifications from a non-UK institution, you must verify their equivalence through the National Recognition Information Centre for the UK (NARIC). Tel: 0870 990 4088.
Applicants who do not hold English, mathematics or science GCSE Grade C
If you do not hold a GCSE in English, mathematics or science Grade C or above (or an equivalent qualification), at UEL we provide English Language, mathematics and science equivalence tests. A pass in these tests will be acknowledged by UEL as being equivalent to Grade C at GCSE/GCE O-level.
The tests are usually held in May and there are no resits. A small fee is payable.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
Tuition Fees - 2013/14
Home/EU Fees
- Module fee: Pending
- Full time fee: Pending
International Fees
- Module fee: Pending
- Full time fee: Pending
Fees based on 30 credit modules (unless otherwise indicated) For further information regarding postgraduate fees please refer to www.uel.ac.uk/fees/
