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Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Classics)
|PGCE
|Full Time
| Admissions status: ClosedClosed for 2013-4 entry.
The PGCE provides a clear, thoughtful and critical introduction to teaching Classics, drawing on leading Education research carried out at King's. We work in close partnership with schools in designing, delivering and assessing our programme in order to develop excellent, reflective classroom practioners.
KEY BENEFITS
- King's is one of only two institutions to offer PGCE Classics and the programme has a national reputation for its quality.
- All King's PGCE Classics students who have sought jobs immediately after training have been successful and schools with classics vacancies often contact the PGCE office in advance of advertising posts in the national press.
- The demand for classics teachers is currently greater than the supply.
- Located in the heart of London.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Aisha Khan-Evans
Accreditation
Trainees reach Qualified Teacher Status and are awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Certificate in Education from King's. 60 master's level credits can be obtained.
Awarding institution
King's College London
Pathways
There are two pathways to a teaching certificate and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): (i) Postgraduate Graduate Certificate in Education which gives 60 credits at M level which could be put towards completing an MA with one further year of part-time study or (ii) a Professional Certificate in Education. Entry to the Postgraduate Certificate will normally require a 2:1 or above in your first degree.
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 120/ECTS 60 credits
Duration
36 weeks, FT September to end of June.
Location
College sessions at Waterloo Campus; teaching placements in schools in Greater London and the Home Counties.
Student destinations
The majority of trainees go into teaching or other areas of education: many become heads of departments or members of senior management teams; some take up careers in educational administration in the advisory or inspection services.
Year of entry 2013
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