Join our virtual PGCE Information SessionMeet our PGCE Secondary team at The University of Manchester in our upcoming virtual Information Session this December.About the eventOur PGCE Secondary Information Session will provide you with a wealth of information on...
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‘Ignorance is only bliss to the privileged’: Manchester’s COP26 rally and the PGCE GREEN Conference, 7th January 2022
This post is a call to trainees, teachers and school leaders to build momentum towards action for climate and environmental justice in the curriculum and in schools and colleges in the UoM Secondary PGCE Partnership. It describes the Manchester COP26 rally and march...
Where are the Women in the Curriculum? PGCE Historians, mentors and tutors reflect on a pressing question
PGCE History Subject Leader Tom Donnai ponders some of the issues facing teacher educators I recently asked my 9 year-old daughter a fairly simple question, as she walked through the front door after her first day back at school. ‘What is History?’ Her reply, though...
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...
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...
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...
Questions for school governors – environmental crisis
Following on from our PGCE GREEN conference in January...On Monday 26th April, we are contributing to the University of Manchester School Governor Conference. It has the theme 'Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change'. There are a few places left for governors...
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