PGCE Secondary History with Qualified Teacher Status
Sheffield Hallam University
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

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Sheffield Hallam University

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Course summaryLearn history-specific pedagogy and skills through university sessions and practical teaching work.Develop generic teaching skills such as behaviour management, use of data and supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities.Spend at least 120 days undertaking school-based experience in two different school settings.Become a qualified teacher for secondary school and post-16 colleges, specialising in history. Benefit from a flexible framework, supporting your ...Read more

Course summary

  • Learn history-specific pedagogy and skills through university sessions and practical teaching work.
  • Develop generic teaching skills such as behaviour management, use of data and supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities.
  • Spend at least 120 days undertaking school-based experience in two different school settings.

Become a qualified teacher for secondary school and post-16 colleges, specialising in history. Benefit from a flexible framework, supporting your academic and professional development through a range of school-based training and university-based sessions in order to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You are introduced to history-specific skills through university sessions and school-based work. You are expected to consolidate your development, both in university and in schools, by researching appropriate material and accessing wider resources.

You learn through

  • seminars
  • workshops
  • lectures
  • group work
  • directed tasks
  • school-based experiences
  • independent study
  • discussions
  • group work
  • practical work
  • written assessments

Future careers

Upon graduation most students go directly into employment as qualified teachers. However a number of key transferable skills are developed throughout the course, allowing for alternative progression or career routes, such as

  • research via masters-level study and PhD
  • local authority/voluntary sector work or research
  • non-government organisation (NGO) administrative and research posts
  • enrichment work with young people
  • more general graduate careers including retail management and the civil service.

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
34th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
63rd

Modules

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Entry requirements

An honours degree (normally 2.2 or above) or equivalent, which includes substantial elements of history. Normally GCSE grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and mathematics, or equivalent. Where applicants have achieved a GCSE grade 4 or above in English literature only, we will look for further evidence of a breadth of achievement in English. We will consider applicants who are in the process of obtaining the relevant GCSEs.

Tuition fees

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Domestic

This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

The mentioned fee is for 2023/24-year entry. There might be a slight increase in 2024/25-year entry.

£17,205 per year

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Please note: The fees might vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from EU

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

£17,205 per year

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Please note: The fees might vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

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Sheffield Hallam University , Sheffield

When studying a postgraduate degree at Sheffield Hallam University, students work at the cutting-edge of their field using the...

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Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus Howard Street Sheffield S1 1WB United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Sheffield  0.1 miles away
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