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University of Brighton academic honoured

A University of Brighton lecturer has been recognised for “making a difference to the teaching of physical education at national and international level”. The Association for Physical Education’s (AfPE) highest honour, the Honoured Members Award 2018, has been awarded to Dr Gary Stidder, Principal Lecturer in PE in the University’s School of Sport and Service…

PGCE end of year exhibition

Congratulations to our PGCE secondary students who recently held an open evening to showcase assessed work to fellow students, tutors, mentors and families. The exhibition is an annual event, held as part of an assessed subject study module for students on our PGCE and School Direct secondary routes for Art & Design, Geography and Religious…

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PGCE trainee teachers offer their advice to future trainees!

At the University of Brighton we value feedback, seeing it as essential to the development of our courses. We spoke to a group of trainees nearing the end of their secondary PGCE programmes and asked them about their year. The students were asked what advice they’d give themselves if they could turn the clock back to…

Professional Skills Test Day

The School of Education recently held a Professional Skills Test Day to provide help and support to those thinking of training to teach. Before starting a course that leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) you must first pass the Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and literacy which has proven…

UCAS Teacher Training fee reduced to £1

It now costs just £1 to apply for postgraduate teacher training programmes starting in 2018. The Department for Education is subsidising the UCAS Teacher Training application fee until the end of July 2018, so apply as soon as possible to benefit from it! Find out more about postgraduate teacher training options at Brighton. If you’ve…

Geography PGCE visit to London

Trainee teachers studying at on the (Secondary) Geography PGCE recently spent a day in London visiting the Natural History Museum and the Royal Geographical Society.

Changes to professional skills tests from February 2018

The Department for Education (DfE) has recently made changes to the Professional Skills Tests to ensure more talented trainees can get into teaching. As of 15 February 2018, there will be no limit on the number of tests candidates can take, they will also not incur any cost for their first three attempts. These changes are…

Geography PGCE enhancement and enrichment activities

Trainee teachers studying on the (Secondary) Geography PGCE recently took part in a day of enhancement and enrichment activities with year 9 and 10 pupils from local partnership schools.

Masters Open Evening

Join us on Wednesday 28 February 2018 for the Falmer Campus Masters Open Evening. This is a great opportunity to find out more about our postgraduate routes in education studies and teacher training, talk to staff and current students, and take a look around the campus. For full details and to book your place go…

The National Society for Education for Art and Design

Lesley Butterworth, General Secretary of The National Society for Education for Art and Design (NSEAD) recently presented to (Secondary) Art and Design PGCE students about the work of the art subject organisation and the place of art and design in the curriculum.

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