PGDE Secondary (Business Education)

Entry requirements

Successful applicants must, as a minimum, meet the requirements as set by the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Courses of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland produced by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which specifies general entrance requirements for all applicants and subject-specific requirements for secondary applicants. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview. The minimum entry requirements are:

• A degree validated by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom (UK) or a degree of an equivalent standard from an institution outside the UK
• Applicants must have a minimum of 80 SCQF credit points at SCQF level 7 and above in relevant subject areas (including 40 SCQF credit points at SCQF level 8 or above).

The 80 credit points must come from two of more of the areas listed below:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Business Management

plus

A National Qualification in English at SCQF Level 6, for example:

• Higher English Grade C or above
• GCSE English Language and English Literature, at 4/C or above in both

and

A National Qualification in Mathematics at SCQF Level 5, for example:

• Standard Grade (grade 1 or 2 only) / Int 2 / National 5 Mathematics Grade C or above
• GCSE Mathematics at 4/C or above

NB: National 5 Lifeskills/Applications Mathematics is accepted in place of National 5 Mathematics.

Months of entry

August

Course content

Our new one-year PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course will prepare you to teach business education in Scottish secondary schools and beyond, providing you with an internationally recognised secondary teaching qualification.

If you are passionate about business education, especially with a social justice, sustainability and health and wellbeing agenda, then there has never been a more important time to learn the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to enable you to transform young lives as you learn how to evaluate the social, ethical, and global factors that affect local, national, and multinational organisations.

As a graduate of our unique course, you will help to prepare young people to face the challenges of 21st century citizenship in these fast-changing times.

Information for international students

International students: You will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 6.5 with no individual component score less than 6.0.