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Programme Specifications

Programme Specification

PGCE, PGDip, MSc in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Academic Year: 2015/16

This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.

This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our Terms and Conditions of Study.

This specification should be read in conjunction with:

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Programme summary

Awarding body/institution Loughborough University
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department Teacher Education at Loughborough
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body

The first year of the programme is a route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for specialist teachers of Mathematics and of Physical Education, and it trains individuals to teach the 11-18 age range.  It is formally registered as an 11-16 QTS course with post-16 enhancement.  In effect, this means that all individuals on the first year of the programme will experience teaching the 11-16 curriculum as well as post-16, and will be qualified to take up teaching posts in all secondary schools covering the 11-18 age range.

Final award See Programme Title
Programme title One of the following: Professional Graduate Certificate in Education, Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), MSc in Education with QTS, MSc in Education with QTS, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (for students who have successfully completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Loughborough University).
Programme code ETUP02,03,04,06,09
Length of programme The first year of the programme is full-time and the remaining years are part-time. The first year of the programme is divided into Phase 1 and Phase 2. The programme is designed to produce well-qualified subject-specialist teachers for secondary schools in the following subjects – Mathematics and Physical Education - who engage in critical reflective practice to develop their teaching further and enhance pupil learning. The first year of the programme meets the requirements of the Teachers’ Standards (Department for Education, 2011). Students who successfully complete three core modules in the first year of the programme and two practical teaching modules will be recommended to the Department for Education for Qualified Teacher Status.
UCAS code
Admissions criteria

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/departments/teaching/educationwithqualifiedteacherstatusqts/

 

Each student embarking on the programme must offer as a specialist teaching subject one of the following:

(a)       Mathematics

(b)       Physical Education

Date at which the programme specification was published Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:50:34 BST

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