The Professional Graduate Certificate in Education, Post Compulsory Education (PCE) programme is designed to consolidate and advance your teaching skills, extend your knowledge of current developments in teaching, learning and assessment practices, whilst underpinning your confidence to succeed in your studies with the University of Wolverhampton at undergraduate level. The programme is suitable for all teachers, trainers and assessors, whether new or experienced to enhance their career development in attaining a recognised post compulsory sector teaching qualification. Our underlying ethos within the university PCE team and partner provider colleagues is to value and promote your individual engagement, progression and success through recognition of your unique learning needs. The curriculum in Post Compulsory Education is relatable to your own subject specialism and inclusive of your individual contexts.

The programme at levels 4/5 (Cert Ed) and 5/6 (Prof Grad Cert) offers a holistic blend of theories that are translatable to professional practices, through a range of assessment choices such as presentations, written assessments, reflective journals, action plans, compiling portfolio evidence, which maximises your potential for career development opportunities specific to the post compulsory education sector in its widest sense: Qualifying as a Post Compulsory Teacher allows you to teach in areas such as: Sixth Forms Further Education (e.g. Colleges) Adult and Community Learning institutions (e.g. Local Council provision) Adult Training and Education in industry and commerce Higher Education Adult Training in public sector services such as the NHS, the police, and social services. Academies. The University PCE team are active researchers and authors, and working alongside us are our partner colleagues, contributing to action learning which produces evidence-based teaching, curriculum developments and innovations, in response to local and national transformations in education. You will not only benefit from the latest research and political drivers affecting your settings and subject specialisms, but we encourage you to advance your own interests through small scale research which could lead on to progression in further studies, such as a BA (Hons) in PCE or MA in Professional Practice in Lifelong Education.