PGDE Scotland 2024

Hi, I also have an interview for Dundee in January for PGDE Maths. I also thought this was quite quick too. I have also applied to Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Original post by Dylan Halliday

Hi, I also have an interview for Dundee in January for PGDE Maths. I also thought this was quite quick too. I have also applied to Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

I have an interview with Napier (Edinburgh) next week for PGDE Maths. I've also applied for Edinburgh so hopefully I get an interview for there too.

How is your preparation for Dundee's interview going?

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Original post by kimbarclay83

I have an interview with Napier (Edinburgh) next week for PGDE Maths. I've also applied for Edinburgh so hopefully I get an interview for there too.

How is your preparation for Dundee's interview going?

Oh brilliant! I wish you the best of luck with your Napier one. I have started reading texts for Dundee. Is your Napier, how's your prep for Napier? I am hoping to hear back from the rest soon as well. The wait and suspense is hard at times.

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Original post by Dylan Halliday

Oh brilliant! I wish you the best of luck with your Napier one. I have started reading texts for Dundee. Is your Napier, how's your prep for Napier? I am hoping to hear back from the rest soon as well. The wait and suspense is hard at times.

The wait is nerve wracking. I'm refresh ucas and the Einburgh portal way too often.

I think I have the main things I want to get across clear in my head but it's only a 30 minute webchat, so not much time. I need to narrow down my questions to those that are most important to me. And try to think of what else they might ask me.

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Original post by kimbarclay83

The wait is nerve wracking. I'm refresh ucas and the Einburgh portal way too often.

I think I have the main things I want to get across clear in my head but it's only a 30 minute webchat, so not much time. I need to narrow down my questions to those that are most important to me. And try to think of what else they might ask me.

Yeah I was refreshing UCAS quite a lot, then stopped and realised you get an email from them if there's an update, so now I keep refreshing my emails. Good luck with Napier!!

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ErinB21

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Original post by GemGem0594

Hiya, I was looking for a 2024 thread ages ago, I was beginning to think that no one was applying for PGDE this year 😂. I’ve applied to Aberdeen, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Edinburgh for PGDE secondary teaching in history. I agree that last year they took ages to reply, but I’m also hoping that because I’ve applied a lot earlier that I will hear back sooner.

Hi there!

I have applied for the same course at the same unis! I was also starting to think there wasn't 2024 applicants!

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Hi folks, that's me completed my presentation for Dundee. Wishing everyone all the best with interviews!

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GemGem0594

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Original post by ErinB21

Hi there!

I have applied for the same course at the same unis! I was also starting to think there wasn't 2024 applicants!

Hiya, finally there is another person applying for the same course. It was all quiet on the western front for a while there. Do you have a preference in terms of uni? And of course best of luck in your application, the wait is killing me

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Hi, I am attending an interview for the University of Glasgow next week, so pleased!

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natashac99

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Im wondering if a lot of people are put off primary teaching because of the abysmal jobs situation…we must be crazy!

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chez84

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Hi everyone,

I'm a PGDE History student who's currently at Glasgow. I was unsuccessful in the 2022 entry for the PGDE. However, I was successful for 2023 entry. I'm almost finished my first placement.

If anyone has any questions etc., please feel free to ask.

Good luck to you all!

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Original post by kimbarclay83

I have an interview with Napier (Edinburgh) next week for PGDE Maths. I've also applied for Edinburgh so hopefully I get an interview for there too.

How is your preparation for Dundee's interview going?

Hi, how did your Napier interview go? I had an interview for Glasgow yesterday, and I think it went okay.

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Original post by Dylan Halliday

Hi, how did your Napier interview go? I had an interview for Glasgow yesterday, and I think it went okay.

It went really well. Their course seems really practical and hands on with the theory integrated into observations from the beginning.

I got an email from Edinburgh to say I'd hear in the new year if being offered an interview.

Was it just an interview for Glasgow or did you have to do any group activities/presentations?

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Original post by kimbarclay83

It went really well. Their course seems really practical and hands on with the theory integrated into observations from the beginning.

I got an email from Edinburgh to say I'd hear in the new year if being offered an interview.

Was it just an interview for Glasgow or did you have to do any group activities/presentations?

Yeah, I got the same from Edinburgh. It went okay, it was 15 minute interview (they gave the questions in advance) and then a 30 minute written task. They said, I would hear back in 5 working days. Good luck!

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Original post by Dylan Halliday

Yeah, I got the same from Edinburgh. It went okay, it was 15 minute interview (they gave the questions in advance) and then a 30 minute written task. They said, I would hear back in 5 working days. Good luck!

A written task for maths? Hope it was soem lovely maths problems.

I ended up taking to my interviewer for a further 30 minutes after the interview part. But it was mainly chat around some books I might be interested in. I ended up ordering one which arrived this week and is a really good book on different methods for how different people learn.

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