We are looking forward to working with you as you gain experience of working within the vibrant Further Education sector. Your studies will be challenging and hard work, but very rewarding.

You must arrange your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and Occupational Health Clearance before you start your course.

• Canterbury full-time students must do this with Canterbury Christ Church University see: Conditions of offer at the bottom of this Course Essentials tile.
• CoHENEL part-time students must complete this directly with CoHENEL
• Canterbury full time students will be placed in an appropriate subject specialist setting within a college following successful completion of your interview and assessment. The placement college will be within the Kent area, although trainees may be expected to travel up to one hour to their placement.
• Canterbury full time students will need to find a suitable educational setting for their mini-placement. This will be a four day placement during the first module, where you will not be teaching but will be asked to carry out some tasks. This will be on the 28th, 29th of September, 2nd and 3rd of October 2023
• CoHENEL part time students will be placed in an appropriate subject specialist setting within the college, or other appropriate provider following successful completion of your interview and assessment.

It would be very helpful to keep up to date with current news, stories and development within the FE sector over the summer. You will be provided with an updated reading list and tasks for each module.

Bursaries

Students who are registered on an eligible initial teacher education (ITE) programme may be offered a pre-service bursary. To allow the University to assess your eligibility for the bursary could we please ask you to fill in the bursary eligibility declaration and add your bank details to your student record prior to starting your course. Further details on the eligibility criteria is detailed in the guidance document as well as the payment dates for the bursary instalments.

Confirmations of bursary entitlements will be sent to students in September, shortly after students have registered and demonstrated that they meet all the criteria. No payments will be processed until all requirements have been completed or evidenced, including fully completing all registration requirements for your course as detailed in the guidance.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 18th September 2023.

• If you are studying at Canterbury Christ Church University, your welcome schedule and course timetable will be available via UniTimetables in August. Find out more about timetabling for new students at Canterbury Christ Church University.
• If you are studying at one of our partner colleges, you will receive further information regarding your welcome activities and teaching timetable directly from your place of study.

Armitage, A. (2012) Teaching and Training in Life Long Learning. 4th edition. OUP

This is a comprehensive introduction to planning for teaching and learning, which will be helpful to you throughout the course.

It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September. UK deliveries are FREE for orders over £10 and are usually dispatched within 48 hours.