Education Secondary and History (with Professional Placement Year)

**Combine your specialist subject with a degree in secondary education, which offers the ideal preparation for further study (PGCE Secondary).**<br/><br/><br/>- Gain the classroom experience that employers are looking for through placements in schools during each year of your studies.<br/><br/><br/>- Join our long-standing and highly respected School of Education and benefit from strong partnerships with schools.<br/><br/><br/>- On successful completion of the Secondary Education degree, youll qualify for a guaranteed interview for our PGCE Secondary.<br/><br/><br/>This secondary education degree is designed to enable you to gain real teaching experience before you embark on your PGCE. Youll study Education – in the broader contexts of professional practice, policy, teaching and learning – alongside History.<br/><br/>In teaching, subject expertise and enthusiasm isnt enough to give you the edge. This degree gives you the practical experience of working in schools with young people that employers are looking for.<br/><br/>The course offers a guaranteed interview for our PGCE Secondary, and is flexible; well support you in achieving your aspirations as a professional educator – however they develop during the degree. Youll benefit from our tutors wealth of research and practice-informed expertise when you join this community of learning and practice.<br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where a student undertakes a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between the students second and third years of undergraduate study. Students can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) themselves with support from the Careers and Employability Team.