PGDip Secondary Education (QTS) – Science – Biology
The Secondary Education (QTS) – Science – Biology programme from University of Birmingham leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and offers 120 credits towards our MA in Teaching Studies. Our programme, which offers high quality training and support, will prepare you to teach in the 11-18 age range and is run in close partnership with schools.
Quick Facts
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Full-Time Duration: |
36 weeks |
Starting in: |
September |
Tuition Fee: |
£21,150 per full |
Location: |
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
On the Biology Postgraduate Diploma Secondary Education course you will be challenged to develop informed and justified decisions about how you approach your teaching, in order to enable you to continue to develop over your career. The School of Education benefits from our unique collaboration with University of Birmingham School as well as a wide range of partner schools, including mixed comprehensive, single sex, religious and selective schools and sixth form colleges. The diverse communities we serve will enrich your experience on the PGDipEd Biology course.
PGDipEd (QTS) Secondary Biology is also offered as a School Direct programme with St Paul’s Caritas Christi and Windsor Academy Trust
You may be eligible for a bursary of up to £20,000 (depending on qualifications) in line with the government’s priority to attract more well qualified Biology teachers.
On successful completion of your PGDipEd, you may return to study with us on a part-time basis to complete your Masters in Teaching Studies.
The Secondary Education (QTS) – Science – Biology at the University of Birmingham has a long tradition of delivering teacher training courses. Its teaching has been graded as ‘outstanding’ three times by Ofsted inspectors which affirms the University’s status as one of the UK’s leading institutions for excellence in teacher training.
Programme Structure:
- The course is essentially one of professional training combined with academic study appropriate to a course at Masters’ level. Much of the work of the first term is a direct attempt to prepare you for teaching situations that you may face on school placements.
- It should give you opportunities for developing your own thinking which can be trialled when practising those facets of teaching which are most directly related to the classroom and the laboratory situation.
- Time will be given to, for example: the preparation of: lesson materials; the organisation of laboratory work; and the use of demonstrations.
- These are only a sample of the techniques to manage and engage classes. Some are general skills that all teachers must develop regardless of their subject; others will be specific to the sciences.