PGDE - Scotland 2021 Applicants Thread!

In mine they stuck to the questions. (History secondary as well ) Good luck!

Hello everyone! I got my place at Edinburgh uni for secondary biology a week after interviewing. I still haven’t even had an interview invitation from any other university. Edinburgh and Aberdeen are my top choices (since with Aberdeen you are only in 2 days a week). Anyone else here got into Edinburgh for biology? I’m keen to start meeting people and to start to prep a bit better

Congratulations! I just got offered a place on the PGDE (Biology) at Edinburgh too. Absolutely over the moon!

Congratulations, that’s amazing news! Do you think you will accept it?
What did you think of the interviewers? I had such a good time with them chatting etc that it’s making me more excited to start!

Yes, I think I’ll accept it! Feel the same as you re interviews. Interviewers were so nice and gave me a good feeling about the course too. Keep pinching myself.... I’m so excited 😊

I'm sorry to hear that, but it's good that you've got your plans set on doing whatever it takes to make it happen! The HNC isn't a terrible idea, but I think it is more geared towards early years (i.e. nursery). It's definitely more grounded in childcare and early development than it is education. Assuming you are based in Edinburgh- I just took a look on myjobscotland and Edinburgh City Council is advertising some pupil support assistant vacancies, which I absolutely think would be your best bet! I'm still fairly certain that the Covid policy of not letting anyone who isn't staff or pupils (i.e. people wanting volunteering/shadowing experience) will continue, but some schools are definitely hiring at the moment, so that would absolutely be worth looking into. These vacancies are also entry-level with nothing more required than a 'good basic education', so I do think having a degree will make you a very attractive candidate- they're also mostly part-time, but you'd definitely be better off getting part time relevant experience than working full-time somewhere else. Wishing you all the best!

@Lucykay99 I would echo the above - if you're in Edinburgh definitely keep an eye on PSA roles coming up. I planned to apply last year but took the year to give myself as much experience as I could and I'm so glad I did. I'm currently a PSA in Edinburgh and I told them in my application and interview that I was planning to go on to do the PGDE and they have been amazing for nurturing that, giving me as much experience as possible (I've built a great relationship with the social subjects department and have planned and taught my own lessons, created differentiated resources etc) so I feel 1000x more ready going into the course now having done this. A lot of PSA positions are fixed term for a year and also a lot of people do them before the PGDE so I would expect after summer there will be a lot cropping up. Good luck!!

Hey, I think I've asked this question before, but I was just wondering if anyone has a conditional for Glasgow (primary specifically) based on a pending degree classification, and what classification you're expected to obtain? I had my interview on Friday and it went really well, but I'm worried that if I'm lucky enough to receive an offer it'll be a 2:1 offer, which due to personal circumstances this year I think I'll probably just miss. Any insight into what kind of offers Glasgow are giving out would be so helpful!!

Helo. Is anyone else still waiting to hear back from Aberdeen for secondary? I've applied for secondary drama and haven't heard anything since the initial acknowledgement of my application. I did apply quite late in January (26th). Wondering if anyone knows whether it's likely we'll hear by 31st March or maybe it will be longer due to covid delays etc.

Hello! I still haven’t heard anything from Aberdeen yet either. I went to their open day last week though and they said that they’re still interviewing and will keep on doing it right up until the course starts (if they have spots and late applicants). What I got from it is they’re interviewing whoever applied first and that there’s quite a bit of a delay. Basically no news = good news so far

Has anyone had an offer from UHI at all yet?

Has anyone had an offer from UHI at all yet?

Hello - wondering if there is anyone that waited five, six or even seven weeks before they heard back that they were successful?