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Secondary Geography with QTS - PGCE

Birmingham City University

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Course options

  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    City Centre Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Do you believe that Geography has a key role to play in enabling young people to make sense of, to understand and to make a positive contribution to planet Earth? Are you determined to bring to life the physical and human world that your pupils live in? If so, our PGCE Secondary Geography course will provide you with access to becoming an inspiring teacher.

What's covered in this course?

If youre passionate about young people and want to introduce them in an engaging and stimulating manner to the world that they inhabit and to Geography in all its forms 鈥� including physical, human and environmental - then were excited to train you to ensure you excel as a Geography teacher.

Youll explore the skills and knowledge that Geography offers at secondary education level, training to cover the 11-16 age range with post-16 enhancement. Well support you to become a confident, dynamic and creative teacher with the ability to make Geographical thinking and the Geographical mind accessible to all. Youll discover how pupils learn and explore ways in which you can plan Geographical activities that will ensure they progress and develop their Geographical minds.

Exploring an inclusive and rich approach towards Geography youll discover and learn how to make the Geography curriculum in a way that will promote Geographical thinking learning how to inspire and enthuse your pupils by taking them on exciting and stimulating Geographical journeys. You will be able to achieve this by developing your knowledge and understanding of a range of Geographical pedagogies. These can be used to help pupils to become more self-confident and critically informed about the planet that they inhabit.

This course has links with key subject associations, the Royal Geographical Society and the Geographical Association.

Another key feature of the course is its fieldwork component which includes an in depth consideration of how to devise and plan local urban fieldwork and residential fieldwork with a rural and physical Geography focus.

Through our Intensive training and practice (ITAP), which we have designed to strengthen the link between evidence and classroom practice, you will consolidate your knowledge of key evidence-based principles for effective teaching. You will also gain and understanding of adaptive teaching for SEND learners via expert input.

We map your development as a subject specialist with reference to identified subject priorities appropriate to the needs of secondary teachers entering the profession. Our systems for continuous improvement, development and assessment of your progress will support your growing ability to take responsibility for your own professional development and ensure that you approach QTS with a sound understanding of research-informed pedagogies and practices.

Application deadline

18/07/2025

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 17,690per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

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Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University

  • University League Table

    92nd

  • Campus address

    Birmingham City University, University House, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham, Birmingham, B5 5JU, England

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Live and study in an affordable multicultural city with a diverse multi-ethnic population.
Many master's courses offer international students optional six-month professional placements towards the end of their studies.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    56th out of 91 12

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    140 62%

    28th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    45th

    19

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.97 74%

    71st

    24

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