Careers in Education and Training

• Get Into Teaching
• UCAS: Routes into Teacher
• Prospects: How to Become a Teacher
• UCAS Teaching Training
• The Complete University Guide: Undergraduate routes to becoming a teacher
• Target Jobs: What should I study at University if I want to become a teacher?
• Bright Network Career Pathway Guide
• AGCAS Routes into Teaching article
• Routes into Teaching: Completing a PGCE
• Where to find teaching jobs
• Guidance on writing your teaching personal statement
• Typical Teaching Interview Questions
• Tips for Interview Performance in a Teaching Interview
• A guide to understanding jargon within the teaching industry
• Deciding on whether to be a Primary School Teacher
• Deciding on whether to be a Secondary School Teacher
• Interested in a career within Early Years Education
• TeachFirst Training Programme
• Target Jobs: Teach First
• Tips on Teach First Application Process
• Get into Teaching: Teaching Events
• i-teachers
• Protocol Education

• Prospects: Current Educational Issues
• BBC - Education
• The Guardian - Education
• GOV.UK - Education, training and skills
• TES
• The Independent
• The Glossary of Education Reform
• UK Parliament

Gaining experience in schools for your teaching application

• Information on volunteering
• For contact details on local/ schools of interest
• Work Shadowing
• How to enrol onto the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in order to gain some practical classroom experience
• Help and guidance on securing classroom experience
• 10 opportunities available to volunteer with children

• Find postgraduate teacher training courses
• UCAS: Postgraduate teacher training
• Find a masters: Find a postgraduate teacher training course

Further study options at the University of Leicester

• PGCE Secondary
• PGCE Primary
• PGCE Secondary (Lead Partners)
• PGCE Primary (Lead Partners)
• Master of Education MEd, PGDip, PGCert

• General Teaching Council in England
• National Education Union
• Information on joining a Union as a graduate

Make sure to check all our events running on MyCareers regularly to book onto any workshops and employer led sessions.

Our Festival of Careers runs three times per year and we welcome a whole host of employers from all sectors to speak to students about the opportunities they have. 

If you have any questions about the Festival of Careers or want to find out when the next one is taking place, please contact us at graduatetalent@leicester.ac.uk.