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Assessment-only route for Qualified Teacher Status
From September 2011, the University has a limited number of places for an Assessment-Only Route leading to Qualified Teacher Status.
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Church School Leadership PGCert
This programme offers an important opportunity nationally to gain a professional qualification in Church school leadership
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Early Childhood MA
This course examines current issues in the provision of care and education for children under the age of eight with regard to practice and policy in the UK and abroad.
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Education MA
This is a postgraduate study programme for in-service teachers and practitioners from a range of disciplines and workplaces, including the caring professions and commercial enterprises.
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Educational Management and Leadership MSc
This course is committed to the development of leadership and managerial skills among educational and training professionals. It is directly relevant to leaders working in public and private sector organisations.
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Enhancing Learning & Teaching Strategies
As teaching moves towards becoming a masters-level profession, this specially developed course gives teachers and lecturers the opportunity to continue their professional learning, focussing on a theme of their choice relating to learning and teaching.
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Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP)
This school-based programme enables schools to employ trainee teachers who are not yet qualified and to support them through an individual training programme.
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Higher Education MA/PGDip/PGCert
The masters in Higher Education is a work-based learning programme intended to be undertaken alongside, and complementary to, employment supporting HE student learning.
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Improving Practice in Education PGCert
This three-module certificate is designed for teachers and other professionals who want to develop their own practice and improve learning for their students.
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Leading Early Years Practice PGCert
This course is designed for those working within the Early Years who want to develop and improve their professional practice in ways which will have a real impact on quality in the workplace.
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Masters in Teaching and Learning MTL
Fully validated and professionally recognised, the Masters in Teaching and Learning focuses on improving teaching through investigation of, and reflection on, teachers' own practice.
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Mentoring and Coaching for Leadership in Education MA/PGCert
The MA/PGCert in Mentoring and Coaching is designed for teachers and leaders from a wide range of organisations, who work with their colleagues as coaches, mentors or induction tutors.
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Mentoring in Early Childhood PGCert
This programme will support participants located within early childhood in applying their skills to aspects of quality enhancement in staff or in settings.
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Overseas Trained Teacher Programme
This programme is designed to provide a fast route to gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Those applying for the course must have been teaching in England for a minimum of 26 weeks.
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Postgraduate Certificate in Education - PGCE - Primary
Rated outstanding by OFSTED, this course has been designed in partnership with local primary schools to meet the requirements for postgraduate teacher training.
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Postgraduate Certificate in Education - PGCE - Secondary
This secondary PGCE course is planned, taught and assessed through a partnership, rated an outstanding Grade 1 by OFSTED. The course has been designed to link school and university work to provide you with a secure background for your first teaching post.
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Religious Education PG Cert
This flexible course is designed to enable you to respond to a range of issues in teaching, learning and assessment in R.E.
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Special and Inclusive Education MA
Special and Inclusive Education examines the wide range of professional issues surrounding special educational needs in specialist settings.
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National Award SENCo (NASC) PG Cert Special Educational Needs Coordination
The National Award SENCo (NASC) is a statutory award for newly appointed SENCOs (since 2008) in maintained schools. It is fully validated as a University of Worcester award, the Postgraduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs Coordination.
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education PG Cert
This is a specifically designed work-based learning programme that takes place alongside, and complements, employment supporting HE student learning.
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Teaching Primary Languages PGCert
The PG Cert Teaching Primary Languages (60 Masters level credits) has been developed in response to the introduction of foreign language learning for primary age pupils.









