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Already have a degree? Why not consider a postgraduate certificate in education?

Teaching is an important and increasingly popular choice for a rewarding career. Being a teacher is about developing relationships with your pupils and inspiring them to learn. Secondary teachers work with children between the ages of 11 and 18. Teaching is a rewarding profession in more ways than one, offering fantastic career prospects and development opportunities.

The PGCE Secondary course is a one-year initial teacher training course which specialises in secondary education and leads to a professional qualification that is awarded by the Bangor University and to recommendation for qualified teacher status (QTS), which is awarded by the General Teaching Council for Wales. It is open to graduates of British institutions and to others with equivalent qualifications approved by the DCSF.

The course runs from early September to the end of June and trainee teachers will have the experience of teaching in at least two different secondary schools for the equivalent of 24 weeks. The School of Education has well-established partnerships with Primary and Secondary Schools to provide varied and supportive training environments.

Trainee teachers take one main subject and in some cases have the opportunity to follow a second subject if they so wish.Teachers of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are in particularly high demand and you could receive a Training Salary of up to £15,000 for these subjectsfor courses starting in September 2013. 

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