PGCE Secondary Education: Computing

Program Overview

PGCE Secondary Education: Computing

Overview

The PGCE Secondary Education: Computing is a full-time, one-year course that prepares students to teach computing in secondary schools. The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and understanding required to become effective teachers of computing.

Course Specifications

• Award: PGCE
• Start date: 1 September 2025
• UCAS Code: 2YK2, 3356, 36HT, IX99, P077, S089
• Course length: Full-time (1 year)
• Campus location: University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus
• School: School of Education

Course Modules

Year 1

• Evidence Informed Teaching: Secondary Initial Teacher Training Placement Module 1
  • Module: 7SE022
  • Credits: 0
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Evidence Informed Teaching: Secondary Initial Teacher Training Placement Module 2
  • Module: 7SE024
  • Credits: 0
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• How Pupils Learn in the Specialist Subject
  • Module: 7SE019
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Pedagogical Approaches in Context
  • Module: 7SE021
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• The Developing Educator
  • Module: 7SE020
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core

Entry Requirements

• To hold a first degree of a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification
• To have achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4 (previously Grade C) in the GCSE examinations in English and Mathematics
• To have taken part in a rigorous selection process designed to assess readiness to train to teach
• To provide ORIGINAL certificates to the University of Wolverhampton Admissions Unit

Funding and Fees

• Location | Mode | Fee | Year
  • Home | Full-time | £9250 per year
  • Home | Full-time | £9535 per year
  • International | Full-time | £14950 per year
  • International | Full-time | £15995 per year
• Postgraduate Loyalty Discount: 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course for University of Wolverhampton Graduates
• Self-funded: fees can be paid in 3 instalments
• Sponsored: employer, embassy, or organisation can pay for tuition fees
• Financial Hardship: students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course-related costs
• Charitable Funding: students can explore funding from charitable trusts

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