Making post-GCSE decisions during the Covid-19 Crisis: The need for actionA blog post published today, Thursday 14th May by Professor Ruth Lupton (University of Manchester), Dr Stephanie Thomson, Professor Lorna Unwin and Dr Sanne Velthuis, highlights the difficulties...
Category: Bus Ed
Finally! A £9000 training bursary: the business studies teacher shortage
The teacher shortage in business education has become stark. Just 155 people are training to be business teachers in the UK in 2019/20 and only 80 of these are studying for their PGCE at a University. This is down from 170 last year and at a time when Department for...
PGCE Business Ed Alumni has PM to class…
Congratulations to former PGCE Business Education trainee Paul Fair [2017/18] for arranging a visit to his business studies students from the Prime Minister, Theresa May.GCSE pupils from Years 10 and 11 had done some prior work around how Brexit may affect business...
Being a Business Education teacher: Paul Fair
I completed my PGCE in Business Education at Manchester University in summer 2018. The course was well structured and provided a rigorous training program that prepared me for a Head of Department role. I was lucky to get a placement at Macclesfield College where I...
Zero carbon Manchester – education for sustainability – invitation 6th July
MEEN's AGM is happening around a visit by Paul Allen from the renowned Centre for Alternative Technology to Manchester to discuss a Zero Carbon Manchester. We have our AGM 2.30 - 5pm on 6th July in the afternoon and also an evening session 7.30pm at the Briton's...
UoM PGCE Secondary recruiting in all our subjects
University of Manchester Secondary PGCE is still recruiting in all subjects. Please spread the word to your peers, former colleagues, friends from university, etc:PGCE Secondary BiologyPGCE Secondary Business EducationPGCE Secondary Economics and Business...
The not-so-secret teacher – Liam White
The Secret Teacher writes for TES. Liam White doesn't - yet."Teaching this year has been intense, but I'm enjoying it. In particular, really enjoying most of the working relationships that have developed with most of my classes (one or two still make my heart sink a...
University of Manchester ITE Social Responsibility Award
One of Manchester University's aims is to promote social responsibility which is explained on the attached flyer. We are looking to award a prize of £100 to students or alumni who have demonstrated very high commitment to a community or the environment. The flyer...
UoM PGCE Open Evening – great success – please spread the word
Thanks to everyone who supported our open evening for anyone interested in a career in teaching at the University of Manchester. Around 100 prospective trainees came to learn more about our Primary and Secondary PGCE routes. This was heavily publicised on Facebook as...
Rising demand for UoM economics and business teachers
These are good times to be teaching economics and business studies. Numbers taking A level economics went above those for business studies for the first time in summer 2016 and entries in both subjects remain strong. University of Bristol research shows that economics...
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