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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
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PGCE Secondary (Spanish) will train you to teach Spanish across the 11-16 or 11-18 age range. It will prepare you to teach the National Curriculum, GCSE and A-level. Completion leads to a postgraduate qualification and recommendation for qualified teacher status (QTS). University-based sessions will enable you to reflect on teaching methods. We are dedicated to developing your expertise and we believe passionately in the benefits of creative motivating and engaging language lessons in order to create the next generation of lifelong language speakers. Our sessions are all interactive and good pedagogy is modelled by skilled and highly motivated tutors and guest speakers. Your University tutors combine experience as outstanding teachers with academic knowledge of innovative, current and relevant educational research. We have strong partnerships with schools and colleges, many of which are involved in research projects with the University. We work with a large variety of schools, comprehensives, grammar schools, special schools and sixth form colleges, allowing us to personalise your placement experiences to your individual needs.
Minimum 2:2 honours degree. If you are not a native Spanish speaker, approximately 50% or more of your degree content should have focused on Spanish. A strong academic record at A-level (or equivalent), including French, German or Spanish. You should also be able to speak a second language (French or German). If this is at beginners' level, you would be required to develop it through a funded Subject Knowledge Enhancement course, available at various institutions. Minimum grade C or 4 at GCSE (or equivalent) in English language and mathematics.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,535 per year
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)
£24,700 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£24,700 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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