Teacher Training and Education

Become a primary school teacher and help children get the best possible start in life. Cover the knowledge and skills that are required for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

This flexible, part-time PGCE Primary Education course blends a range of teaching and learning formats to support all learners. You will study part-time over two years through a blended mode combining online distance learning (DL) with some focused on-campus learning sessions and classroom based practice in school. It uses a range of teaching and learning methods to engage students. The course has been especially designed to fit around other commitments while leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Empower generations of young people as they learn and apply new mathematics principles – knowledge that they will use throughout their academic and professional careers. Generous bursaries are available for you to train to become a maths teacher.

Use your expertise in biology to make a positive impact on the lives of young people, and help them to achieve their potential. Take advantage of generous bursaries from the Government to teach a subject where teachers are in high demand.

Share your passion for chemistry and inspire a new generation of scientists. Make the most of bursaries of up to £27,000 and utilise your physics background to enjoy a rewarding career in secondary education.

Help to shape and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Make the most of bursaries of up to £27,000 and utilise your physics background to enjoy a rewarding career.

Help children develop new ways of thinking and new ways of being creative with code. With computer science being a priority subject, attractive financial incentives are available to encourage talented programmers like you to become secondary school teachers.

PGCE Business Education has been designed to train teachers to practise as a subject specialist teacher of 11-16 year olds. You are assessed against the standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) across this age range. This course will also cover vocational qualifications such as BTEC. This one-year course blends theoretical knowledge with carefully supervised teaching experience. You will attend placements in a variety of educational settings to gain a broad understanding of the realities of secondary level teaching.

Share your passion for English with young people and inspire them to fulfil their potential. English is a core subject in the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 so there will always be a need for effective and committed English teachers.

Share your passion for history. Help young people achieve their potential. Become a confident and innovative history teacher. Be part of the new generation of secondary school teachers.

Guide generations of young people and share your passion for human geography, physical geography and the environment. Take advantage of financial incentives available for those who train to teach geography including bursaries of up to £25,000.

Share your passion for languages and help young people achieve their potential. Become a confident and innovative teacher. Be part of the new generation of language teachers.

This course qualifies you to teach Religious Education (RE) at secondary level in any state-maintained school in England and Wales. The one-year course blends expert theoretical knowledge with carefully supervised teaching experience, combined with the subject knowledge required to develop confident and innovative teachers who will make this vital subject accessible to all learners. 

Learn on the job with our PGCE School Direct salaried and tuition routes into teaching. Become a school employee, develop first-class teaching skills and continue your employment once you have completed your Initial Teacher Training.

Qualify as a teacher from anywhere in the world with this International Initial Teacher Training distance learning course in Education. Gain a globally recognised qualification. Expand your career possibilities.

Enrol on our PGCE Early Years Teaching (DL) degree and qualify as an Early Years Teacher from anywhere in the world. This International Initial Teacher Training distance learning course allows you to develop an expertise working with young children. Expand your career possibilities.

Qualify as a teacher with the PGCE iQTS from anywhere in the world, a DfE (UK) recognised International Initial Teacher Training course. The University of Sunderland has been training teachers for over 100 years.

If you are an experienced graduate teacher and would like to complete a formal qualification to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), which is a requirement for those who wish to teach in state-maintained schools in England and Wales, this route is one of the fastest ways to gain QTS. 

Build on your professional skills and educational leadership. Learn advanced research and study skills while acquiring masters level knowledge that is shaped by your personal interests and career aspirations.

Become a specialist in Education and develop your professional practice. Acquire advanced research and study skills whether you are in the UK or overseas. Enhance your understanding to equip you for various roles within teaching and educational management.

Become a specialist in international education. Boost your career prospects. Learn from anywhere in the world with flexible distance learning.

Become a specialist in SEND Education by studying issues around Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities in a way that suits you.

Study for the MA SEND from anywhere in the world and explore issues surrounding Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities via flexible distance learning.

Open yourself up to new opportunities around the world with this internationally-recognised qualification. Develop your teaching skills. Learn how to prepare lesson plans and graduate with a professional English teaching qualification that provides a passport to work in almost every country in the world.

Expand your horizons and explore the world as an English Language Education Professional with our MA TESOL (DL) degree. Develop your TESOL teaching to the next level and qualify for teaching, lecturing and academic management posts across the globe.

Play an important role in leading the coordination of provision for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in schools. Directly address the learning outcomes for NASENCO that have been specified by the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

Develop the skills and knowledge you need to lead colleagues in meeting needs of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This distance learning course can be studied from anywhere in the world.

Study from anywhere in the world. Enhance learning and teaching for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Develop your communication with colleagues, other professionals, parents and carers.

Qualify to teach in the post compulsory education and training sector, which includes sixth form colleges, further education colleges, vocational training and adult education. Equip yourself to educate adults and young people, sharing your knowledge and helping others fulfil their potential.

Prepare yourself for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status, which is a key qualification for teaching in further education and can be gained in the year after you finish the course. QTLS is relevant to vocational training, adult education, and teaching in sixth-form colleges.

This part-time PCET course will put you on the right track to becoming a teacher in the post compulsory education and training sector. Combine study with work and family commitments. Study a range of relevant topics and benefit from the opportunity to design, deliver, and evaluate teaching and learning in real-world classroom settings. Improve your teaching skills as you gain a recognised university qualification.

If you want to teach young people and adults this part-time ProfGCE PCET course will provide you with the necessary qualifications to teach in the post compulsory education and training sector. Combine study with work and family commitments. Study on a course directly informed by the national and international research of the teaching team and benefit from its direct link to SUNCETT, our Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training.

This Level 7 Mentoring and Coaching course is ideal for teachers or other educational professionals who want to develop their careers with a Mentoring and Coaching qualification. You will gain knowledge, understanding and intellectual skills that you can apply to your own teaching position to enhance your career.

This PGCE Higher Education is aimed at academic staff working in Higher Education and covers contemporary approaches to both teaching and student learning. You'll be introduced to academic practice with an overview of learning theories, practical classroom teaching and learning approaches, and develop insight into the theory behind pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching. 

This Master of Education (Higher Education) course is aimed at academic staff working in Higher Education. The course provides initial teacher preparation for staff new to education, with modules covering both teaching, learning, assessment, and curriculum design, while later modules cover leading course provision and dealing with student success, retention, attainment, and managing complex issues.

This PGCE Health Professions course has a strong focus on developing practical skills around teaching and assessment. Examine a range of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment including virtual, augmented and immersive technologies.

This Master of Education (Health Professions Education) course enables you to study a wide range of topics relevant to educating tomorrow’s health professionals. The course provides initial teacher preparation for staff new to education, with modules covering both teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum design. On completion of this course, you can expect to find employment at higher education institutions, or clinical teaching roles within the public and private sector (subject to meeting the role specification requirements).

Medical students are now learning clinical sciences alongside disease aetiology, treatment and management. Medical education is also at the forefront of developing robust, reliable and valid student assessments. This Medical Education PgCert is aimed at academic staff looking to develop their career in medical education. On completion of the course, you'll have developed your skills and knowledge as a teaching professional and will be able to offer student-centred teaching and learning experiences. 

This Master of Medical Education is an internationally recognised higher degree in medical education with a major emphasis on developing you as a contemporary educator in medicine. The course has a strong practical focus both through its taught and research/project components ensuring that you are able to transform your practice in the classroom, clinical setting and in simulated environments.

Take your education to the next level. Choose the areas you want to study, and which questions you want to research. Take the initiative while we support you with advice, guidance and facilities.

Refine your own agenda and do what you find interesting every day. Develop mastery of research methods that are appropriate to your chosen field. Discover things that no-one else has ever discovered.

Study for a doctoral qualification based on your professional role. Reflect on contemporary issues in the workplace.

Take the fastest route to a PhD. Convert your previous research outputs into a qualification which will increase your employability and open up new opportunities. Progress your academic career and add credibility in applications for research funding.

Take your academic career to the highest level. Make a very significant and sustained contribution to your subject. Gain an elite qualification that will mark you out as an outstanding contributor to your field.