pgce: secondary vs fe timetable

what is fe ?

I've got circumstances that mean I can't commit to a full time week and this is not likely to change for the foreseeable. I need a teacher training course and hopefully job afterwards that is part time. I think more than twenty odd hours will be pushing it for context.

FE training seems fine: two days in uni/college followed by up to two days of placement or so per week. That I can manage.

Secondary is full time in uni and full time on placement because it's in blocks. I can't manage this and all unis that offer my subject are unable to help me do the course part time.

So yeah. Even if I wanted to do secondary my circumstances are more compatible with fe which kind of makes the decision for me.

So why is there such a timetabling difference between fe and secondary pgce anyway?

my mum has just finished a pgce fe in maths, although the hours were part time she tells me the workload didnt feel that way, she did it over two years, with two days in college a week and two days in teaching i think the lesson planning, marking and assignments all added up for her. Although it is obviously less intense than a secondary pgce, i still wouldnt call it part time.

I've got circumstances that mean I can't commit to a full time week and this is not likely to change for the foreseeable. I need a teacher training course and hopefully job afterwards that is part time. I think more than twenty odd hours will be pushing it for context.

FE training seems fine: two days in uni/college followed by up to two days of placement or so per week. That I can manage.

Secondary is full time in uni and full time on placement because it's in blocks. I can't manage this and all unis that offer my subject are unable to help me do the course part time.

So yeah. Even if I wanted to do secondary my circumstances are more compatible with fe which kind of makes the decision for me.

So why is there such a timetabling difference between fe and secondary pgce anyway?

Hi Laura,

I really don't know what the workload difference will be like but the course I am on will be a 3 day week placement (Mon-Weds, full time hours) with Thursday at Uni and uni every other Friday. I think for secondary placements, these are full time Monday-Friday but I'm unsure - most of my friends are primary teachers, I don't know much about the secondary PGCEs I'm afraid.

Thank you I spoke to Oxford Brooks who described their timetable as similar to this and this kind of rules it out as being possible for me.

I've hear of pgce (particularly at colleges) that are two days a week plus up to two days maximum on placement and I'm like "surely that's too good to be true!"

I've got circumstances that mean I can't commit to a full time week and this is not likely to change for the foreseeable. I need a teacher training course and hopefully job afterwards that is part time. I think more than twenty odd hours will be pushing it for context.

FE training seems fine: two days in uni/college followed by up to two days of placement or so per week. That I can manage.

Secondary is full time in uni and full time on placement because it's in blocks. I can't manage this and all unis that offer my subject are unable to help me do the course part time.

So yeah. Even if I wanted to do secondary my circumstances are more compatible with fe which kind of makes the decision for me.

So why is there such a timetabling difference between fe and secondary pgce anyway?

There exist Secondary PGCEs that are part-time. Check the list of courses in UCAS.

Looking for one of those courses that is called full time but is not five days a week. I'm sure they exist but I need to find one

The lack of funding for part time students means my course would need to be officially full time but with hours I can manage

Thanks people

In your experience, was the college providing the pgce in fe helpful in finding you a placement based in the very same college? That would help me tremendously as someone who may struggle having to travel long distances (I would aim to live near the college I was doing my pgce at). Does being willing/able to teach more subjects increase your chances here?