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Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Scotland)
PGDE Secondary (Business Education)
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
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Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,535 per year |
| Scotland | £1,820 per year |
| Wales | £9,535 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| International | £9,725 per year |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: 0002
Here's what Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh says about its PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course.
Are you are a graduate in a related degree to Accounting, Economics or Business Management? Are you looking for an inspiring, challenging and socially empowering career? Our one-year PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course will prepare you to teach Business Education in Scottish Secondary Schools and beyond, providing you with an internationally recognised Secondary teaching qualification.
If you are passionate about Business Education especially with a social justice, sustainability and health and wellbeing agenda, then there has never been a more important time to learn the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to enable you to transform young lives as you learn how to evaluate the social, ethical, and global factors that affect local, national, and multinational organisations.
As a graduate of our unique course, you will help to prepare young people to face the challenges of 21st century citizenship in these fast-changing times.
The PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course will engage you in a critical understanding of contemporary ‘real world’ issues.
You will learn how to underpin your inclusive practices with key themes of social justice, sustainability and health and wellbeing and consider critically children’s rights and how to plan for inclusive practices which enable all young people to participate. More generally, you will learn how to engage young persons in ICT for business contexts, in effective communications strategies, develop their financial awareness and understanding of human relations strategies as well as developing their knowledge of enterprising life and employability skills all necessary for participation in twenty-first century global citizenship. Researching theories of leadership and organisational learning and change will also enable you to engage young persons in the skills of independent learning, research, critical analysis and problem solving.
You will also learn about the role you can play as a Business Education teacher to drive forward the discipline within its contemporary social, cultural, and political contexts.
Professional enquiry is an important aspect of the teacher’s role. On our course we will teach you how to conduct research in your classroom to enable you to make evidence-based decisions in support of pupils’ learning.
Source: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Course details
Qualification
Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Scotland)
Department
School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management
Location
Queen Margaret University | Edinburgh
Duration
1 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Secondary teaching
Start date
August 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
The modules you will study
- Reflective and Critical Practice (Placement Modules) (40 credits)
- Business Education in the 21st Century (40 credits)
- Education: Theory, Practice and Research 1 (20 credits)
- Education: Theory, Practice and Research 2 (20 credits)
How you will be assessed
School placements will account for some of the contact hours. You will undertake independent learning tasks and student-led lectures, presentations, debates, seminars and practicums.
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh reviews
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Graduate
Results always given back in good time. Course structure flowed well. Good number of modules within each semester, not too many.
2 years ago
Graduate
Uni very easy to get to be train and bus, transport links right on campus which is ideal. Great coffee and lunches and snacks available. Library spaced out good. Rooms always available to book.
2 years ago
National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh students who took the PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
90%
med
Teaching on my course
90%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
89%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
91%
low
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
91%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
88%
med
Learning opportunities
85%
med
Learning opportunities
85%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
86%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
89%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
88%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
88%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
74%
low
Assessment and feedback
67%
low
Assessment and feedback
67%
low
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
75%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
81%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
54%
low
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
53%
low
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
74%
med
Academic support
85%
low
Academic support
85%
low
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
88%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
84%
low
Organisation and management
52%
low
Organisation and management
52%
low
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
51%
low
How well organised is your course?
53%
low
Learning resources
88%
med
Learning resources
88%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
95%
high
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
84%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
85%
med
Student voice
80%
med
Student voice
80%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
67%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
91%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
82%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
78%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course.
75%
low
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
66%
low
Student information
See who's studying at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. These students are taking PGDE Secondary (Business Education) or another course from the same subject area.
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| Classical Civilisation | A* | |||||
| German | A | |||||
| History | A* | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took PGDE Secondary (Business Education) at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
Earnings after graduation
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