Post Compulsory Education & Training - PGCE/PCE
Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCyncoed Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our PGCE and PCE PCET programmes at Cardiff Met are well recognised and valued within the sector and provide you with a nationally recognised, professional teaching experience which will qualify you to explore a range of teaching careers in a variety of post-16 settings including Further and Higher Education, youth work provision, adult and community education, 14-19 sector, work-based education including apprenticeships, training in HM Forces, prison education, industry and commercial training departments. Our programmes are also designed to support you if you wish to teach vocational subjects e.g., Beauty Therapy, Hairdressing, Health and Social Care, Journalism and Media & Communications.
Key highlights
- Nationally recognised professional teaching qualification for post-16 education
- Includes a professional teaching placement in an educational setting
- Prepares you to teach in further, higher, adult and community education
- Covers settings such as apprenticeships, prison education and HM Forces training
- Supports teaching vocational subjects like Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy and Journalism
Entry requirements
- Additional condition: dbs_check — It is likely that you will be required to undergo the DBS process before commencing a professional teaching placement.
Scholarships
MBA Scholarship
Award: Up to £4,000.
Vice Chancellor Scholarship
Award: Up to £3,500
Careers this course leads to
- Further education lecturer
- Adult and community education tutor
- Apprenticeship and work-based learning trainer
- Prison education tutor
- Corporate training officer
- Youth worker
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 | International: £14,000
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Cardiff Metropolitan University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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