Kari Crane: I completed the PGCE in 2011, and through the placements that the University of Manchester offered, gained a wide variety of experience. I was lucky enough to get a job early in the program at an outstanding school in Manchester and hit the ground running...
Category: Alumni Stories
Katie Mcguire, 2004 Bus Ed: HoD
From the Manchester University Bus Ed PGCE to Head of Department: Katie Mcguire's reflectionsTime really has flown by since I started my teaching career with my PGCE course at Manchester University in 2004! I’m now embarking on my 11th year in teaching and currently...
Zoe Chater, 2013 Science: RQT
It was while I was working as a young experimental particle physicist when I made the decision to change career and become a teacher. I was awarded an Institute of Physics teacher training scholarship and a place at Manchester University. Support from staff throughout...
Sam Piri, 2012 Science: Education enterprise
I’m Sam, I completed my PGCE at Manchester University in 2012. Since graduating I have concentrated on embedding the skills and training I acquired as part of the PGCE programme into my teaching. After my first year I was offered the post of Good to Outstanding...
Katy Newman, 2014 Maths: NQT
For me finishing my PGCE and starting my NQT year was my first foray into full time work, after completing my degree and moving straight onto the teacher training course. This in itself was a daunting prospect especially as teaching is never out of the media now;...
Steve Baker, 2004 Science: Head of BESD school
I completed my PGCE during the summer of 2004; throughout the year I had been particularly interested in working with the most challenging and disadvantaged young people in my placement schools. The course was excellent and helped me to develop my pedagogy whilst the...
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