Teacher Training
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What is Teacher Training
Have you ever had an inspiring teacher? Someone who changed the way you thought and opened up a world of opportunities? Few careers are as rewarding as teaching. Our Teacher Training courses can help you to go on to make a real difference to people.
Whether you want to go into primary and early years or lifelong learning (post-14) teaching, we will help you get the professional training and hands-on experience it takes to inspire and shape future generations.
Our undergraduate routes into teaching
Our undergraduate routes prepare you to teach in either the Primary and Early Years phase, or the Lifelong Learning sector.
For many people, studying one of our undergraduate teaching courses is the quickest route to gaining professional status and entering a teaching profession.
Your career through Teacher Training
Make a difference
Not many careers offer as many opportunities to make a difference to people’s lives as teaching. You’ll use your passion for learning, subject knowledge and creativity to inspire those you teach. What’s more, there aren’t many jobs that offer as much variety as teaching. As well as planning and teaching lessons, you could also be involved in after school clubs, sports and trips. You’ll work as a team with other teachers, leaders and support staff to make a lasting impact.
We never forget what the end goal is - to get you in front of students so you can develop their talents
So, we make sure there’s always plenty of opportunity to do just that. Even in your course work you’ll be able to use mock classrooms for Early Years and Primary practice, and we also offer a science lab and music room. You should feel right at home in the school environment.
We’ll make doubly sure of that with your placements too. Thanks to our links with schools, colleges, early years facilities and local authorities, we can give you the chance to get out there and get teaching. We aim to get you teaching early on, right from the first term in fact. There are lots of opportunities along the way to try different teaching settings, to give you a better feel of the options for your career.
Depending on the subject and the age range, competition for teaching posts can be really high. So, we give you the chance to stand taller than the rest, with the latest research, cutting-edge teaching and exciting placement opportunities.
Great teachers aren’t born, they’re made
We’ve been helping to make them since 1947, when we first started training teachers. We operate strong and credible partnerships with local and national education providers, including leading The Education and Training Consortium. By choosing to study with the University of Huddersfield, you’ll join an inspiring, passionate and committed community focused on making your studies as enjoyable, rewarding and productive as possible. We look forward to welcoming you.
I am extremely happy with how the university has tailored each placement to help us experience different schools, preparing us with both the theory behind teaching and pedagogical knowledge- to help put theory into practice.
Momina Hanif, Primary and Early Years Education with QTS BA(Hons) 2022
Meet Samantha who's studying Primary Education (Early Years and Key Stage 1) BA (Hons) with QTS at the University of Huddersfield. Hear about her hands-on experience and falling in love with being a Primary teacher.
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