Further Education & Skills Certificate in Education Certificate in Education

The Certificate in Education is for those with a level 3 or 4 qualification and several years' professional experience, who would like to pass on their knowledge and skills. This course will qualify you to teach in Further Education settings, such as Colleges, community centres and adult education environments. 

You’ll develop the confidence and skills to become a reflective and resilient further education teacher, and also explore how to teach and design learning programmes. This course is run part-time over two years and you will be expected to attend college one evening per week. 

Students are required to teach at least 100 hours per year and carry out 75 non-teaching hours each year. After the course, you’ll be able to take up teaching roles in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and private training providers, or to top up your Certificate to a full Bachelor’s degree. 

This qualification is awarded by the University of Portsmouth.