Get a taste for teaching at preview event

21/02/2012 09:00

Future teaching candidates can find out more about life on the other side of the classroom at a special event being held this week at Corpus Christi High School in Cardiff. (Friday March 2^nd)

Organised by the South East Wales Centre for Teacher Education and Training (a partnership between Cardiff Metropolitan University and the University of Wales, Newport) the event will give potential trainee teachers the chance to visit classes, speak to teachers and tutors as well as finding out more about teacher training programmes available in South East Wales.

High achieving candidates undertaking the PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) at Cardiff Met during 2012/13 may be entitled to higher levels of incentive grants dependent upon their undergraduate degree classification and their subject specialism.

Students with a 1^st class undergraduate degree could receive as much as £15,000 in areas such as Modern Foreign Languages and Welsh.

Dean of Cardiff School of Education at Cardiff Met, Paul Thomas said: “A limited number of places are still available across a range of the PGCE specialisms and interested candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible. We encourage applications from people from all sections of the community, from diverse backgrounds and with a broad range of experiences.”

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Potential Applicants should read all available information on the Teaching Agency website at:

http://www.tda.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/funding/training-in-wales.aspx

The Education Minister, Leighton Andrews has confirmed that the new incentive grants aims to attract “high calibre candidates” and targets priority secondary subjects. The funding comes in addition to other bursaries available to Welsh medium and non-UK (EU) domiciles and is confirmed for the 2012/13 academic year only.”

For further information and to confirm attendance on the TEACHER TASTER DAY contact Samuel Souter on 029 2041 7094 or email: cse@cardiffmet.ac.uk.