PGCE Applications 2016

Hi, i've applied to cardiff met and have an interview on the 1st! Its a lot to prepare for the day!

Hi guys! I've applied to UEL, UCL and LSBU....I know LSBU isn't the greatest of universities but there was something really interesting about their curriculum for PGCE so I went ahead.


I have an interview at LSBU next week which I have no information about, they haven't sent me any info about that yet. I also have an interview at UCL on 9th December

ETA: I've just read the attachment again and realised it says right there what the presentation is about. Duh. By 'no visual aids' do they mean no powerpoint?

Congratulations!!!! Which pgce was it at Worcester? I'm interviewing there next week so hopefully I hear good news regarding a place too!!

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It was for Primary Core - there was 22 people there in the afternoon and they had the same in the morning so it's competitive but remember not all of them are applying for the same primary course... Some were primary maths specialist or pe specialist or school direct or even SCITT...
Good luck though it's scary but it'll all be worth it

Yes, so they basically want you to give a presentation without any powerpoints or use of projector etc. Basically nothing with notes on it to help you. So I would practice at home in front of someone/ in a mirror (lol).

It says in the email that notes are allowed, I was just wondering about the powerpoint!

I have my first interview in 2 weeks!

It's at Sussex Uni so I'm not 100% sure how I feel about the course (it's Classics with History not Latin with Classics and I have done Classics for 6 years at uni now but I've barely touched modern history in that time...) But they don't make you sit a Latin exam so...

I have to prepare a presentation on an artefact. For some reason I'm finding the idea quite difficult which is stupid because that is literally a part of my current job.

I found planning the presentation quite hard, but they do let you take notes into the interview. I just wrote bullet points about my subject (I talked about a pot which depicted the Greek Chorus) and looked at them if I got stuck.

Good luck!

Thanks!

How many other people were at your interview? I've no idea how many people normally apply for Classics and I know they like to see how we interact with others!

There were two other classicists in my interview, but we shared it with people applying for History (of which there were six).

After my earlier post I've now been offered an interview!

Starting to lose hope of getting a place as I feel like the only person still waiting on references... The woman said she has had to ask the deputy head to comment on my capability as a teacher (who has never seen me teach by the way).
Getting fed up and my current job is getting me down, so no PGCE at the end of the tunnel is making things worse.

After my earlier post I've now been offered an interview!

Yeah winchester seems really nice, went to an open evening and the staff seemed friendly and helpful. Found out today that I've got an interview there next week

I don't think I'd be cut out for SCITT either, even though i'm doing some unqualified teaching atm. My partner is getting more stressed as the term goes on; keeping up with full time work and study is tough. He's doing secondary.



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