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Semi-professional goalkeeper shares Teacher Apprenticeship experience

Meet semi-professional women’s footballer Faye Baker, who swapped standing between the posts for Brighton and Hove Albion and Lewes FC, for honing classroom skills at a partnership school as part of our Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship – which blends paid workplace learning with university study. “I have played football since the age of six and reached…

Award-winning teacher apprentice shares her experience and charity work

Meet Natasha Paling, a graduate of the Teacher Apprenticeship, who is not only an award-winning teacher but also dedicates her spare time to charity work and local community causes. We caught up with her to find out more about her amazing work and experience on the teacher apprenticeship programme: “My charity work started by volunteering…

male trainee teacher at front of secondary classroom

Considering a career in teaching?

Join staff and students at our online event to learn more about our undergraduate teaching courses. 22 November 2022 Tuesday 5.30–6.30pm Join staff and students from the School of Education to learn more about our undergraduate teaching courses. Take part in a Q+A session and chat with current trainees and staff about our courses to…

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Developing resources to support learning (Secondary) Geography PGCE

Trainees studying on our (Secondary) Geography PGCE recently took part in a workshop with technician, Michael Edwards, where they learnt how to develop resources using animation software on an iPad. The idea was to create a short animation, using the type of materials that you can easily access in schools, to support the delivery of…

Glyndebourne opera performance for schools

Trainee teachers studying our (Secondary) Art and Design PGCE and (Secondary) Modern foreign Languages PGCE recently attended Glyndebourne Opera House for their performance for schools opera of La Boheme. The School of Education has worked in Partnership with the education team at Glyndebourne Opera for several years, and this performance followed our recent collaborative performance…

Train to teach roadshow

Calling all current University of Brighton students – have you ever considered using your degree to teach? Come and meet us at one of our Train to Teach roadshows on the following dates: 29 November – Cockcroft Foyer 11am – 2pm 1 December – Grand Parade reception 11am – 2pm 1 December – Sprinters restaurant 11am – 1pm…

Photography workshop for trainee teachers

We were delighted to welcome Photoworks to the Falmer campus to deliver a workshop for our Art and Design PGCE students. Flavia and Lindsey from Brighton-based Photoworks delivered an all-day workshop on teaching photography in schools. They introduced the students to their online teaching resources, as well as running workshops for the students to make their…

Award-winning children’s wellbeing podcast set for schools role

The new series of young people’s mental health podcast The Rez , produced by lecturer Lance Dann, is the first podcast to be accredited for teaching in schools. The latest outing for The Rez – beginning on 1 November – has received groundbreaking accreditation this month from the PSHE Association, which allows it to be used in…

Postgraduate Online Open Evening

There’s no better way to explore your future study opportunities than by meeting lecturers and researchers at a postgraduate event. Join us on Wednesday 23 November from 5-6.30pm for our postgraduate online event to: talk to staff and find out more about our postgraduate train to teach courses, specialist PGCerts, Education MA, and Education MRes…

Group photo of trainees outside Pallant House

Pallant House Gallery visit

Trainees studying on our (Secondary) Art and Design PGCE recently visited the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, where they spent the day at the education centre learning about how the gallery works with local schools, to get pupils of all ages to engage with artwork. Trainees attended a talk with a gallery representative about organising…