About Pgce Secondary Business With Qts in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

Our one-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) prepares you to teach the business secondary school curriculum.

At the start of the course, you’ll complete a subject knowledge audit. We’ll find out the topics you know well and those you’d like to learn more about, to make sure your skills are up-to-date.

You’ll explore topics such as operations management, business ethics, economics, enterprise, and leadership theories. You’ll also look at teaching methods you might use in the classroom, such as using technology to develop pupils’ financial data analysis skills.

On this course, you’ll study with your PGCE Business group. You’ll consider how to plan lessons, reflect on your planning, learn how research can develop your teaching practice, and look at ways to develop your teacher persona.

You’ll also have guest lectures with examiners from a number of exam boards, to help you learn more about how they mark exams and what they’re looking for in pupils’ work.

You won’t simply learn ways to teach your class how to write a marketing plan or how to explain Handy’s model of organisational culture though, you’ll teach in schools too.

You’ll spend a minimum of 120 days on placements, and will cover the Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 curriculum.

Features and Benefits

• You’ll have the skills and experience to teach business at GCSE and A/AS levels
• We focus on business studies on this course but you’ll usually have the opportunity to teach other business related subjects, such as Economics or Law, on your placements
• You’ll spend at least 120 days on placements in schools, gaining experience in mainstream secondary schools.
• You can choose University-led or School Direct routes to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• You may have the opportunity to apply for an overseas teaching experience, if you are enrolled on the university-led course.
• When you graduate, you’ll achieve 60 masters level credits (this is one third of a masters degree, and you can usually put these credits towards your future studies)
• We have a partnership of over 400 schools, colleges and educational organisations, meaning we are able to provide students with a range of school experiences.
• ESRI ranks in the UK’s top 20 for research power in Education (Research Excellence Framework 2014) and recent research sponsors include the Department of Education; welcome Trust; European Union; Esmée Fairbairn Foundation; Barclays; Microsoft; Siemens and LEGO.

Career prospects

Most of our graduates go on to work as Business teachers in secondary schools.

This PGCE provides you with 60 masters level credits when you graduate. You could put these towards a masters degree to help you develop your career in the field of education. 

Academic qualification equivalents

• Bachelor degree (awarded by a recognised university); or BA, BCom, BBA, BBM, BMM; or BE (Engineering), BTech.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :      6.5, with no component below 5.5 for MA or MSc.
• TOEFL    :      Overall score: 89 With no individual test score below:Listening: 17,Reading: 18,Speaking: 20,Writing : 17
• PTE         :       61, with no less than 51 in any section

Manchester Metropolitan University Highlights

Manchester Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The estimated cost of attendance while studying in the UK depends on several factors like the program applied for, tuition fees, books and supplies, housing, dining, transportation etc.
• Estimated Tuition Fees for 2020-2021 academic session at Manchester Metropolitan University are:

• Tuition Fees for some courses can vary depending upon any additional cost such as field trips or expense of equipment.
• Tuition Fees for postgraduate research courses (Ph.D., MPhil, MRes) are categorized into 5 Tuition bands,
• Students can expect an average cost of living ranging from 7,500 - 8,500 EUR per year, based on the minimum expenses.