Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Higher Education)

Year 1:

Semester 1

• Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Innovating Specialist Practice

Semester 2

• Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Theories of Learning

Year 2:

Semester 1

• Developing Professional Practice
• Designing and Developing the Curriculum

Semester 2

• Developing Professional Practice
• Improving Practice through Action Research

Applicants should normally have achieved the following prior to registration for the programme:  

Admissions criteria 

• Honours degree. Candidates will normally be required to have at least a 2:2. 
• Level 3+ subject relevant qualification. 
• An eligible GCSE/Level 2 Maths and English qualification or equivalency*. 
• Relevant experience/prior learning. 
• Enhanced DBS and health check, successful interview. 

*full list of eligible maths/English quals: Eligible maths and English qualifications | Society for Education and Training (et-foundation.co.uk)  

You will be assessed on teaching practice via observations conducted by teacher educators in collaboration with specialist mentors Constructive developmental feedback will be provided to guide you on areas for improvement in your practice, ensuring that by the end of the programme you are teaching at the expected level according to occupational standards.

Pathways exist if you are already working as a teacher but don’t have a full teaching qualification (in-service), or if you are working towards securing employment in education (pre service).

In addition to a general route, the programmes will allow you to become qualified in specialist areas of your choice.

To apply for our Initial Teacher Training courses, you will need to submit your application through Find and Apply for postgraduate teacher training courses.

To find our courses, you can search us by training provider: Bradford College (B60). Then select Further education, this will then show you the courses that we have available.

Once you have submitted your application, it is processed by the Admissions Team. 

Once the team has received your application, they will conduct a check of your application to make sure that you have the correct entry requirements for the course you have applied for. 

They will arrange your interview and assessment (if required). If successful at your interview, our curriculum team will make you an offer to study with us.  

This offer will include any pre-enrolment information that you will have to provide in order to be able to enrol onto the course. Failure to provide the information will mean that you will not be able to enrol on the course. 

For information about how Bradford College use your application data, we encourage you to read Bradford College privacy policy   

For this or any other questions regarding your application, please email [email protected]. 

Full-time: £9,000 per year. 

This is representative of the most common fees scenario, but actual fees can vary depending on a number of factors. Please contact us if you need more guidance.