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Education and Training

Middlesbrough College

UCAS Code: A165 | Professional Graduate Certificate in Education - PGCE (Professional)

Middlesbrough College

UCAS Code: A165 | Professional Graduate Certificate in Education - PGCE (Professional)

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About this course

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Course option

1year

Full-time | 2025

Other options

2 years | Part-time | 2025

Subject

Education studies

The Professional Graduate Certificate in Education and Training is a professional teacher education programme that will qualify you to teach in the post-14 compulsory education and training sector. This includes further education colleges, adult and community settings and training providers. The course is designed to meet the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Professional Standards and will equip you with a toolkit to teach adults and young people. The qualification is open to those who hold an under-graduate degree (2:2 or above) in their intended subject specialism.

Modules

Modules offered may vary.
Modules may include:
• Introduction to Teaching and Learning
• Developing Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Policy and Curriculum in Education
• Subject Specialist Learning and Teaching and Professional Development

Assessment methods

You are assessed by a combination of written assessments, reflective teaching journals, teaching portfolios, and observations of your teaching practice. At the end of the year there is a compulsory (assessed) student conference where you work with fellow subject specialists. These two days are compulsory. If you are already in employment you must make arrangements to attend.

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£5,000
per year
England
£5,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£5,000
per year
Scotland
£5,000
per year
Wales
£5,000
per year

The Uni

Course location:

Middlesbrough College

Department:

Faculty of Health, Care and Basic Education

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What students say

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Education studies

After graduation

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Education studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

35%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

When you look at employment stats, bear in mind that a lot of students are already working in education when they take this type of course and are studying to help their career development. This means they already have jobs when they start their course, and a lot of graduates continue to study, whilst working, when they complete their courses. If your course is focused on nursery or early years education, a lot of these graduates go into nursery work or classroom or education assistant jobs; these jobs are not currently classed as 'graduate level' in the stats (although they may well be in the future as classifications catch up with changes in the way we work), and many graduates who enter these roles say that a degree was necessary.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Education studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£18k

£18k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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Post-six month graduation stats:

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It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?

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