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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    Sir Tom Cowie Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Overview

PGCE Business Education has been designed to train teachers to practice as a subject specialist teacher of 11-16 year olds. You are assessed against the standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) across this age range. This course will also cover vocational qualifications such as BTEC. This one-year course blends theoretical knowledge with carefully supervised teaching experience. You will attend placements in a variety of educational settings, to gain a broad understanding of the realities of secondary level teaching.

Career ready

This degree awards Qualified Teacher Status, which means that when you graduate you’ll be qualified to teach in any state-maintained secondary school in England and Wales. Most graduates from this course go on to teach in secondary schools.

Teachers also benefit from excellent holidays, and the teachers’ pension scheme is the second largest public sector pension scheme in the UK.

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University information

University of Sunderland

  • University League Table

    75th

  • Campus address

    University of Sunderland, Edinburgh Building, City Campus, Chester Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    117th out of 122 1

    66th out of 91 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    95 43%

    117th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    54.0 54%

    106th

    10
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.34 83%

    6th

    2
  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    137 61%

    35th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    77.0 77%

    49th

    34
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.95 74%

    75th

    10

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