PGCE Post Compulsory Education and Training In-service
Undergraduate

These courses are for people who are already working as teachers or trainers. Applicants must meet the following entry criteria to be able to join the programme:

Academic qualification Professional Graduate PCET route:

• An honours degree, 2:2 or higher in a relevant subject
• GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications) in Mathematics and English. If you have studied for a GCSE which has a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a grade 4 or above.

Academic qualification Professional Certificate PCET route:

• Level 3 qualification or higher, in a vocational or another specialist subject
• GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications) in Mathematics and English. If you have studied for a GCSE which has a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a grade 4 or above.

Additional entry criteria applicable to both routes:

• A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check that has an issue date within 3 years at the start date of the programme
• A completed medical pro forma
• If you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to complete a pre-interview written task, and complete a literacy assessment
• 50 hours of appropriate Teaching Practice Hours each academic year

The University of Sunderland and/or any Partner FE College are not responsible for securing Teaching Practice Hours on your behalf. If you are unable to complete the compulsory Teaching Practice Hours, then under no circumstances (other than any negligence on the part of the University or any of its Partner FE Colleges) will the University of Sunderland or any Partner FE College be held liable for any loss you may sustain.

If English is not your first language, please refer to the University of Sunderland English Language requirements.

You will be observed teaching eight times, two in each year by your tutor and two by your mentor. You will produce written assignments, participate in practical activities (including a two-day block module at the University of Sunderland at the end of your second year).

By the end of the course you will have a PGCE (PCET) and the licences for teaching in the post-compulsory education and training sector: PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Sector) and DTLLS (Diploma to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector). Your new qualifications will open employment prospects throughout the post-compulsory sector.

Previous graduates of this course have been employed in the following areas:

• Further Education colleges
• Sixth Form colleges
• Training organisations
• Prison education
• Commercial and voluntary sector training

This programme is offered by Tyne Coast College working in partnership with the University of Sunderland. The award that you will receive will be from the University of Sunderland.

In order to help ensure that the student experience is maintained at a high level across the life of partnership programmes, there is a minimum of 12 students required to enrol in year 1 of each programme offered by TyneMet College in partnership with the University of Sunderland in order for it to run. In the event that this minimum is not reached, the University reserves the right to either close this programme and withdraw offers made on it or, if appropriate to the programme, apply conditions to the programme in order to allow it to run with reduced student numbers. If the programme is closed, the University will use reasonable endeavours to help affected students switch to a suitable alternative programme or alternative HE provider if they wish to do so. If a decision is taken to apply conditions to the programme in order to allow it to run with reduced student numbers, consultation will take place with affected students. Conditions may include things like studying some of the programme at a different venue or merging study with other similar programmes where there is overlap. If these conditions are not acceptable to all students, the programme will close.

Covid-19 has challenged the delivery of all educational and professional programmes.   The University of Sunderland have established emergency professional standards which have helped us to develop an effective approach to your programme of study. This will include a blend of face-to-face and online teaching.

Our experience has shown that this method opens new learning opportunities for all, enabling you to develop graduate skills such as time management, self-care and workload prioritisation, with support from the academic team and the wider University services available to you.

Theoretical lectures and pre-session reading will be delivered and made available via Microsoft Teams.

In the meantime, please contact the Programme Leader if we can offer any further guidance.

Programme leader contact: Douglas Hallam

Programme leader contact details: douglas.hallam@tynemet.ac.uk

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