Course Essentials
Welcome to the PGCE Secondary Education with QTS course. I’m delighted to have you joining us this year. My name is Sharron MacKenzie. I’m the Course Director, and look forward to meeting you on Monday, 7th Sept for international students and Tuesday, 8th Sept for everyone else, as you begin an exciting and rewarding journey into teaching. The course is designed to support you in becoming an outstanding teacher, with a strong emphasis on your active role in shaping and monitoring your professional development. We will guide you every step of the way as you progress toward becoming the very best teacher you can be!
Sharron Mackenzie
Course Director
Your Teaching Timetable
To help you plan your first few weeks, you can view an overview of the teaching activities for your course.
View your first semester teaching timetable.
On a mobile device, click the arrow next to “Search” at the top right of the page to view your timetable.
If your course is taught in groups, the overview will show activities for all groups. You will only need to attend sessions for your allocated group.
Once teaching begins, your individual timetable and group allocation will be available in MyTimetable provided you have completed online registration and created your computing account.
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Your Semester 1 Modules |
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School Experience 1: The Collaborative and Developing Teacher |
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Investigating Subject Pedagogy |
Key dates
Academic Calendar: Initial Teacher Education Semesters
View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2026-27 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.
Welcome
Welcome Week and Course Induction are essential to your success. By attending all sessions you’ll gain essential tools, knowledge, and support to ensure a strong start to your studies.
You’ll be introduced to the technologies that support your learning. You’ll also learn why safeguarding matters in education.
Your Subject Tutor will also be your Personal Academic Tutor (PAT). They will provide guidance and pastoral care and track your progress. They will also help you connect with specialist services as needed.
Make the most of Welcome Week, attend every session, ask questions, and actively engage to start your academic journey with confidence.
Getting started
Our Welcome Pack outlines all pre-course information & preparation tasks. We expect you to complete these before you start the course. We will add activities to the list as we approach the start date, so please check back regularly to see what your next task might be.
We will also use the Notice Board in the Welcome Pack to update you with course timetables, start dates, etc., as they become available.
Bursary/Scholarship
Students who are registered on an eligible Teacher Training Course may be offered a Department for Education training bursary. To allow the University to assess your eligibility for the bursary, please complete the bursary eligibility declaration before starting your course
For more information on the bursaries available and the eligibility criteria, please visit the Get Into Teaching website.
For queries, please contact training.funding@canterbury.ac.uk.
Your welcome and induction will be w/c 7th September 2026, we look forward to meeting you then.
Must Do Tasks
There are some key tasks you'll need to complete to make sure you are ready to become a CCCU student.
Some of these can't be completed until you have been invited to register but your Occupational Health and DBS check can be completed prior to this. You will be prompted via My Record to complete these so make sure you are checking your personal email regularly for this. Please complete these checks as soon as possible
Registration invitations are sent towards the end of August. We'll send yours to the email address you used when you applied, so please check this inbox regularly to make sure you don't miss any important information.
Pre-course reading
All pre-course general and subject-specific readings can be found in the Welcome Pack.
You can pre-order or purchase any of the books mentioned on this page through our University Bookshop offers a 10% discount on most print titles and 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.
International student success programme
International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.
Contact details
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