Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow...Inclusion and inspiration: education for social justice – a cross phase conference for trainee teachers and NQTs. Click here for flyer inclusion-inspiration-conferenceThis is a free invitation to the next University of...
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PGCE Graduation Celebrations – Monday 12 December 2016
We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible for your PGCE graduation on Monday. It's a great opportunity to celebrate, and also to hear what you are doing and how things are going. If you are not able to come, send us a brief update. It's good to stay...
Stand Up For Education conference
Organised by NUT, Reclaiming Schools, UCU, Let Our Kids Be KidsA day of discussion and training for parents, teachers, governors and teacher educators.Speakers include:Kevin Courtney (NUT Gen Sec), Angela Rayner (Shadow Educ. Sec), Alan Gibbons (Children’s author),...
From Economics and Business Education PGCE to Senior Tutor: Dan Martin
I chose to take the Secondary PGCE having worked as a manager in the Civil Service for 3 years after graduating. Before going to university I had re-taken my A levels due to spectacularly underachieving. I went on to study economics at university and now teach at a...
NQT in Business Education in a school for pupils with emotional, behavioural or social difficulties
My name is Nicholas Hall and I completed my PGCE in Secondary Business Education at the University of Manchester in 2015. My background is in special educational needs having been employed as a teaching assistant supporting young people with learning and behavioural...
It’s all about networks…
The economist Paul Ormerod’s new book is called Positive Linking and explores the growing importance of networks in how we make decisions. Ormerod was one of the first to write about how social media has changed our ability to make decisions and generate professional...
New PGCE route- Economics with Business Education
We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new pathway in Economics with Business Education, to run from September 2016.Research [Smithers et al, 2013] suggests that from 2006/07 to 2011/12 only 38 economics graduates came into teaching, compared to 3, 246 in...
Inclusion and Inspiration – Weds 13th Jan day conference for NQTs and trainees
Inclusion and Inspiration: Education for Social JusticeA cross-phase educational professional studies and NQT conference dayWednesday 13 January 2016 Inspirational keynotes from Lemn Sissay (Poet and Chancellor of the University of Manchester) andHatim Kapacee and...
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...
A level entry trends in Business Studies and Economics: good times
Business Studies and Economics continue to remain popular choices for students at A and AS level. Recently published figures from the Joint Council for Qualifications [JCQ] show a range of interesting features about the entry in our two main A/AS level subjects.AS...
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