Education - Secondary (Hons) University of Stirling

Overview

Through this Education - Secondary (Hons) BA, BSc degree from University of Stirling you’ll be able to grow in confidence and critically reflect on your skills. The course gives you a more personalised learning experience than the Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) route of only one year.

Key facts

• The pioneering approach to professional education gives you time to develop as a secondary school teacher.
• What can you do with a degree in Secondary Education?

• The majority of our Secondary Education graduates enter the Scottish Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS), which guarantees you employment for one year as a newly qualified teacher in a Scottish Local Authority school.*
• Your teaching degree will also qualify you to enter into a wide variety of other professions, such as corporate training and development, museum and leisure education, educational psychology, translation or media.
• The professional skills, communication and confidence you’ll develop over a teaching degree, are transferable into other careers such as the media, PR and training roles.
• Alternatively, you may choose to continue your education with a postgraduate degree, or carry out doctoral research, leading to the award of a PhD.

Accreditation

General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)