Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses MEGATHREAD

This is so useful, thanks for this. I am currently weighing up between attending UWE for 16 weeks or doing a full 28 week online course with Eureka. I have a feeling that attending in-person will aid learning and force me to dedicate the full 25 hour per week. I'm most concerned about covering enough A-Level content, which they seem to do well so leaning towards this route. Downside is, as it's not 20 weeks or longer I can't go for the scholarship route :-(Might be worth it in the end though, get to mix with peers like you said. I've studied at the Open Uni so have no issue with self-study or distance-learning, but do feel this might be helpful given I am aiming to communicate the subject to others, not just pass the course

Has anyone hear completed a 28 week SKE in biology in less time than the 28 weeks? My degree is in psychology and I’ve been accepted to train to teach biology with psychology modules in September and my condition is to do the 28 week SKE in biology to brush up on the plant/animal side of things. However, the university got back to me too late and now the end of the 28 weeks will overlap with my course starting date! So I was wondering what people’s experiences are of putting in 30/40 hours a week and if they completed the SKE sooner? Thank you in advance!

I did a 16 week SKE, and definitely could have completed it more quickly. Most SKEs are designed to be done part time, so about 15 hours a week- so in theory if you put in 30 hours a week, you could do it in half the time.

Bear in mind that if you finish early, you may not get the SKE bursary for the remaining weeks!

Thank you! Is it completed at your own pace or are you limited to how much you can complete in a week?

Hi,
I have two conditional offers for my SCITT, one of them wants me to complete a minimum of 16 weeks SKE whilst the other wants a 8 week version. Personally, after nearly two decades of a Geophysical career, I'm now considering a teaching profession and so my curriculum level physics knowledge surely needs a refreshing.
My question is, will there be any advantage to take a longer SKE programme than a shorter one in terms of the subject knowledge apart from the bursary benefit. Like I said, I prefer to go in good depth with the subject knowledge during this opportunity as this is only a one time affair and will greatly help during my teaching.
None of the websites of the SKE providers seem to show any course content.
Any thoughts / suggestions comments will be greatly received.
Thanks

Hey! I’m currently doing a 20 week SKE for biology with eureka (my background is psychology) and eureka let you complete it at your own pace; so far I’m 3 weeks ahead so I’ll complete the work a lot quicker.
You definitely get more in depth knowledge with the longer course, as it will cover more topics and at GCSE and a level!
I’d recommend going with someone like Eureka where you can opt for the longer one, but get it completed sooner if time is an issue!

I have commenced my 16 week Physics SKE with Vidlearn (University of Sussex). Has anyone done or doing similar course here. Just noticed that in the Core category, the subjects are titled as "A Level Physics" and "A Level Practical Physics", and the rest of the subjects including the GCSE equivalents for Physics are classified as Optional, does this mean I'm being prepared for the A level curriculum only or it just means that I'm covering everything from KS3 until A-Level.

Thanks

Hey, one of my offers is conditional and asks that I complete the SKE course. However, I am still unsure which university I want to go to. Do I have to accept an offer before I'm able to take the SKE course? Or can I still take it and have it funded while I'm still deciding?

Hey, one of my offers is conditional and asks that I complete the SKE course. However, I am still unsure which university I want to go to. Do I have to accept an offer before I'm able to take the SKE course? Or can I still take it and have it funded while I'm still deciding?

You can always decide the University later but remember you need to be able to plan your course in the recommended time frame. And in my case I was recommended a 16 week course which meant I pretty much had to start straight away but they gave me two choices universities that I had to choose from so not much to do in terms of searching.

You need to have the offer in place before you can get the SKE course funded- you can only get funding if it is a condition of your offer.


This isn't correct- you can't get funding if the SKE isn't a condition of your offer.

Yes absolutely agree, my suggestion was the choice of university can always be done after accepting the offer... Obviously for funding to happen the course needs to be authorised by the ITT training provider.

You can always decide the University later but remember you need to be able to plan your course in the recommended time frame. And in my case I was recommended a 16 week course which meant I pretty much had to start straight away but they gave me two choices universities that I had to choose from so not much to do in terms of searching.