CertEd Certificate in Education (incorporating the Diploma in Education and Training) at University of Plymouth

Course Details

Develop the skills, knowledge and professional values to enhance your teaching career within the further education and skills sector. This nationally endorsed qualification prepares you for the challenges and rewards of teaching in a variety of environments, including further education colleges, adult and community education, offender learning and the public sector. Qualify ready to enter the workplace.

Take advantage of opportunities to network with potential employers. Follow in the footsteps of many of our trainees and possibly go on to find employment within the organisations you work with during your placement. After completing this course you'll have the option to gain Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status.

Key features

• Put skills into practice with a significant proportion of the course devoted to your placement. You will spend two days a week on placement in a further education and skills setting.
• Take advantage of opportunities to network with potential employers, and follow in the footsteps of many of our trainees who go on to work within their placement organisations.
• After completing this course, you have the option to apply for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status.
• Receive "excellent support from tutors and mentors and make good progress in developing the skills and attributes to become accomplished teachers"*.
• Benefit from highly qualified tutors with many years’ experience in the further education and skills sector.
• Demonstrate innovation, creativity and enterprise throughout your time on the course and benefit from the way education for sustainable development is embedded in the programme. There is a strong research base across the partnership which underpins these and other developments in the programme.
• Work closely with your fellow trainees, learning together and from one another, with peer-support  an important part of the programme’s philosophy and organisation.
• Tailored for applicants who hold a Level 3 qualification or have relevant experience. The postgraduate certificate in education is available to those who hold a relevant degree qualifications in the subject they wish to teach.
• Weston College, in partnership with University of Plymouth, wish to provide placements for exceptional applicants that have a keen interest in using teaching and learning as a way to reduce re-offending and support rehabilitation. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about teaching and want to make a major difference to people’s lives. In return, Offender Learning offers a rewarding career with prospects for progression, ongoing Continuing Professional Development and support to develop and achieve aspirations.
• We also work with the new local studio schools and would invite exceptional applicants to apply with biology or health and social care qualifications and relevant experience.