PGCE Economics & Business: raising the attainment of disadvantaged students- ‘heartwork’ and high expectations
Trainees in Economics and Business Education spent a day at Manchester Enterprise Academy in Wythenshawe. The school has a high proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with over 60% drawing in additional Pupil Premium funding for the school. There are...
Starting out – first half-term as an ECT
By Lily Middleton - PGCE ML trainee 2020-2021It’s mid-October and I’m isolating. My delightful Year 7 form has come down with Covid-19- it started at one side of the classroom, spread to the other, and then, predictably, to me (despite my very best efforts). To be...
How can teachers engage boys in gender equality lessons
By Katharine Roddy, PGCE ML 2018-2019I completed my PGCE in Modern Languages at the University of Manchester in 2019. I am now in my third year working at Bolton School Boys' Division, teaching French and German (and rock climbing!).In spring 2021, I launched a...
Potential Penguin – life after the PGCE
From Simon Goorney, Physics PGCE 2020 cohort: So it’s a rainy Sunday in October. I’ve just sat down in my favorite warm café to prepare for the week ahead. But I’m not planning any lessons or wondering how to motivate Adam to do his homework. Instead I’m reading...
Placement advice from Clara, PGCE ML trainee 2020-2021
Get to know the rest of the trainees in the school. They will be going through the same as you! I used to have lunch in school around two times a week with the other trainees and it was lovely.Get a planner and start using it! Write EVERYTHING down. With the...
Exploring new technologies to enhance student learning: The Unique UoM PGCE offer
PGCE Historian Anna Bagnall explores the potential of some amazing new technology with the help of the UoM Special Collections team, and takes a look into Special Collections from a trainee teacher’s perspectiveDonna Sherman of the UoM Special Collections team gives a...
PGCE in Manchester’s MEN – inspiring and empowering young people
Meet the graduate history teacher inspiring and empowering the future generation of Greater ManchesterA recent Manchester Evening News special features Julia Morton, a 2021 PGCE History graduate who has just taken up her first teaching post at a high school in...
Mathematics and the climate crisis
Post by David Hackett: Mathematics PGCE (2020/21)This week the Met Office issued its first ever severe heat warning in the UK, sadly it will not be the last. With the UK hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow at the start of...
championing the vulnerable
Greater Manchester Research and EngagementChampioning the vulnerable by encouraging a collective, research-informed response to local issues.Our vision at Manchester Institute of Education - University of Manchester - is a deep commitment to championing the vulnerable...
Critical Inclusivity Seminar Series – Invisible dis/ability
Our next critical inclusivity seminar features Hannah Strickland (MIE, UoM) and will focus on ableism in education. This seminar will be held on Thursday 17th June from 4-5.This seminar will bring forward discussions about ableism in education focusing on teachers...
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