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SEP-25
PGDE - Professional Graduate Diploma in Education
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The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Secondary is for graduates who want to become subject-specialist teachers in the secondary sector. This programme is the Scottish route to qualified teacher status.
This is an intensive programme of study, divided equally between University-based and school-based activities.
The programme is designed to prepare you for the range of roles that teachers are expected to play:A collaborator who contributes to the wider informal curriculum of the school; A subject specialist and a curriculum developer; A teacher in society, whether building strong relationships with parents or contributing to national policy debates.
You will develop the capacity to become a transformative teacher, making a positive impact on the outcomes of learners, with the capacity to become a future leader in the profession. To this end, we focus on teaching student teachers to use their powerful subject knowledge to create interesting, relevant and progressive teaching.
Career opportunitiesGraduates from this programme are qualified to teach, and eligible for provisional registration from the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
On successful completion of this programme, students are recommended to contact the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) for provisional registration. Full registration is awarded on the completion of one satisfactory year of teaching the subject(s) for which qualification has been gained through this programme.
For this course (per year)
£9,250
For this course (per year)
£26,500
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in the subject to be taught is preferred. This qualification should contain at least two graduating courses (80 UK credits) in the relevant subject.
