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PGCE Secondary Design and Technology

University of Reading

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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    University of Reading

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    10 months

Course summary

Our PGCE Secondary Design & Technology enables you to address all aspects of design and technology, gain experience with placement opportunities, and develop the skills and knowledge to teach design and technology at secondary level.

This Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary (Design and Technology) course leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), qualifying you to teach the 11-18 age group in secondary schools in England and Wales.

You will examine a range of pedagogical approaches to design and technology teaching and explore all aspects of secondary design and technology, including specialist expertise in areas such as textiles, resistant materials, electronics, food technology and graphics.

Your tutors have national reputations as experts in the field of design technology education and art and design education, and as subject specialists in school. The course involves both a practical and theoretical approach, to enable you to reach your potential as a fully qualified teacher.

You will learn through a series of practical seminars and workshops in purpose-built design studios with extensive resources and equipment, as well as in school workshop spaces. Interactive and discussion-based teaching techniques will encourage you to engage, reflect and challenge.

The course leader is a DATA Health and Safety consultant and will train you on how to use a range of machinery - this will also have a focus on classroom management and organisation with due regard to health and safety.

Interactive and discussion-based teaching techniques will encourage you to engage, reflect and challenge.

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

£ 22,350per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Reading

University of Reading

  • University League Table

    35th

  • Campus address

    University of Reading, Whiteknights House, PO Box 217, Reading, Wokingham, RG6 6AH, United Kingdom

The University of Reading is an international community with more than 26,000 students from around 160 countries. 
Reading is a lively town just 22 minutes from London Paddington by train, and 45 minutes from Heathrow Airport by coach. Windsor and Oxford are also close by.
Reading supports undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students to maintain, improve and develop their academic English.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    15th out of 91

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    137 61%

    35th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    89.0 89%

    6th

    3
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    29th

    3

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