Fees and loan repayments All Consortium Colleges are part of a network CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION/PGCE • For the first time ever, loans are that is Ofsted inspected available for part-time students DIPLOMA IN TEACHING IN THE • A loan sounds scary – but we believe and University validated it is a good investment as it is more like LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR (DTLLS) a graduate tax – if you do not earn over For more details, please contact your £21,000 you will not have to pay it back. nearest Consortium College: PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE • You only start re-paying after you have • Amersham & Wycombe College UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER CONSORTIUM OF COLLEGES completed the course and earn over Colm McConway £21,000. [email protected] • You do not start paying back unless • City Literary Institute you personally (not household income) Wendy Moss are earning more than £21k (and then [email protected] it is 9% of anything above this). • College of North-West • This means that you pay back £1 Enesa Sparavalo, per day when you earn £25k or over. [email protected] • Some students will NEVER have to pay • Ealing, Hammersmith & West back what they borrowed because London College loans are written off after 30 years. Ben Beaumont • You will only have to pay off the loan [email protected] if you earn sufficient income – so the • loan shouldn’t stop you getting the best Suzanne Levy professional qualification you can. [email protected] • Newham College Andrea McMahon, [email protected] • Richmond Adult Community College Janet Ghuman, [email protected] • Linda Austin [email protected] • Mandy Kuijvenhoven [email protected]

A charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 Registered office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW 6022/01.13/MP/XX Why invest in a University of Westminster CertEd/PGCE Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS) as our Initial Teacher Education qualification? best of both worlds relevant and realistic. We work with Not a graduate yet? What CertEd/PGCE them on projects that improve the participants say • At the University of Westminster we sector and share experience and Get closer to a degree believe that the best teacher training expertise through regular meetings • If you study for the Certificate “I found the Cert Ed course was a comes by combining the expertise of and conferences. We believe you get in Education, you get a University great motivator and enjoyed the spread of experienced, practising professionals a better experience because the staff qualification worth 120 credits. If you topics. I enjoyed meeting other learners with the insights and broad understanding who teach you are part of a nationwide do not already have a degree, then this from other colleges and different disciplines that comes from research and scholarship. network of enthusiastic teacher educators means that you are part way to a degree. which made the attendance less remote • That’s why we have fantastic partnerships who bring out the best in each other. • If you want to become a graduate than my experiences of distance learning. for delivery with outstanding organisations you can use your CertEd credits I particularly enjoyed getting prompt and an up-to-date curriculum and Quality and reputation and go on to complete our new feedback which made the whole thing a resources that are designed by University – train with the best part-time M.A. in Education in the positive experience for me. It made me and college staff who are leading Lifelong Learning sector want to continue into higher education experts in the field of lifelong learning. The University of Westminster is a Centre to study Special Education: Autism • Our staff and researchers have published for Excellence in Teacher Training in the Already a graduate? (children). Many thanks to the team.” books, chapters, journal articles and Lifelong Learning Sector – there are only conference papers on the lifelong ten of these in . Be stimulated “Being part of the Cert Ed was the learning sector. They aim to work at the You have already experienced higher beginning of my journey to achieve my cutting edge of this subject. Ofsted has highlighted key strengths in the education. You will be used to thinking at ambition to be a college lecturer. The • We deliver our Cert Ed/PGCE through University of Westminster’s CertEd higher education level – you need a course course was extremely well organised and our collaborative ITE College Consortium. /PGCE provision: that can stimulate you and draw on the the resources and assignments were That means we work with nine Further • tutors’ extensive and highly effective higher level thinking skills and research appropriate, accessible and relevant. Education and Adult and Community academic and pastoral support that techniques you have developed. I found the course challenging, but as colleges in the Greater London area to plays a key role in enabling trainees to my confidence grew with the guidance ensure that your training is up-to-date, make good progress; Resources of the tutors, I began to build upon my • the constructive and pragmatic feedback teaching experience and reflect upon on trainees’ teaching and on written • As a student of both the University of this, and so the experience. I then assignments that motivates trainees to Westminster and its partner colleges, successfully completed a Masters in ICT continue to improve their practice; you have access to a superb range of for Education”. • the high quality of teacher training resources at your fingertips: sessions that trainees aspire to emulate – course materials, University of Westminster Induction Days in their own practice; – latest research, – participant feedback: The Quality Assurance Agency praised – library books and journals • Very enjoyable, constructive and the way that the University’s CertEd/ • You can participate in the University informative with a very practical edge PGCE ITE College Consortium facilitates of Westminster’s Symposium on – information will be put to good use. close collaboration as well as staff Learning and Teaching and take • I am glad I came here. Amazing how development amongst its partner colleges. part in the CertEd/PGCE Summer much you can learn in such a short Research Conference period of time.