UCL PGCE Thread

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introductions ( two UCL recruiters and 5 other applicants)

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Share a memorable experience from your time at school that stood out to you ( here I think it’s so important to be yourself and mean what you say, don’t make it up because you will loose yourself, have a true and meaningful experience)

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Presentation: before your interview you are told to research an issue within schools and present it ( 2 minutes max). I think it’s so important you prep this before you present because nerves will get to you on the day. I peeped mine I think a week before, and wrote down everything I wanted to say and I had little reference points in front of me incase I forget anything. I picked an article by the guardian on Children with Special Needs and Disabilities, forgot the name now but I firstly mentioned a statistic luckily the one I picked had a statistic in the title so there was no point wasting time mentioning another. Then I said how I as a teacher can address this challenge without support or state funds. It was pretty easy in my opinion.

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as an extra point to anyone stressing about it , for my group loads of people didn’t bother with how they presented themselves (dress code) and some people didn’t even prepare for the tasks or knew what they had to do. So I think if you prepare in advance you are very likely to get that offer.

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Very straight forwards questions. I got asked why I would like to be a teacher and why at UCL, what qualities do I have that would make a good teacher. And two scenarios based questions ( one on safeguarding and one on how intense the PGCE course is, how would I deal with the pressure of that)

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Tip: don’t beat around the bush with your answer, be stright forward and answer the questions.

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I got worried that mine was only 14 minutes, but I game a stright to the point answer.

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the English test was not too bad, I had to read a text and write about it. I don’t remember exactly what it was on and what I wrote but I remember that I made sure to link it to me as a teacher ( teacher standards and national curriculum)

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The maths test is pretty simple. I thought it would be difficult. But it really wasn’t. If you can do ks2,3 math you are good to go.

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introductions ( two UCL recruiters and 5 other applicants)

•

Share a memorable experience from your time at school that stood out to you ( here I think it’s so important to be yourself and mean what you say, don’t make it up because you will loose yourself, have a true and meaningful experience)

•

Presentation: before your interview you are told to research an issue within schools and present it ( 2 minutes max). I think it’s so important you prep this before you present because nerves will get to you on the day. I peeped mine I think a week before, and wrote down everything I wanted to say and I had little reference points in front of me incase I forget anything. I picked an article by the guardian on Children with Special Needs and Disabilities, forgot the name now but I firstly mentioned a statistic luckily the one I picked had a statistic in the title so there was no point wasting time mentioning another. Then I said how I as a teacher can address this challenge without support or state funds. It was pretty easy in my opinion.

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as an extra point to anyone stressing about it , for my group loads of people didn’t bother with how they presented themselves (dress code) and some people didn’t even prepare for the tasks or knew what they had to do. So I think if you prepare in advance you are very likely to get that offer.

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Very straight forwards questions. I got asked why I would like to be a teacher and why at UCL, what qualities do I have that would make a good teacher. And two scenarios based questions ( one on safeguarding and one on how intense the PGCE course is, how would I deal with the pressure of that)

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Tip: don’t beat around the bush with your answer, be stright forward and answer the questions.

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I got worried that mine was only 14 minutes, but I game a stright to the point answer.

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the English test was not too bad, I had to read a text and write about it. I don’t remember exactly what it was on and what I wrote but I remember that I made sure to link it to me as a teacher ( teacher standards and national curriculum)

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The maths test is pretty simple. I thought it would be difficult. But it really wasn’t. If you can do ks2,3 math you are good to go.