Subject booster courses

Subject Booster courses

At Edge Hill, we offer a number of free Subject Booster courses for Secondary PGCE applicants. These flexible courses are aimed to support you in boosting your subject knowledge to prepare you to teach the subject effectively to learners.

If you have applied to study a Secondary PGCE in English, Religious Education or Biology, successful completion of a Subject Booster course may form part of the conditions of an offer of a place to study.

The booster courses help to identify areas for development and provide a range of opportunities for additional study in your specialist subject. As such, the course structure and length of study is flexible and varies depending on your individual subject knowledge requirements. These requirements are assessed during your application. Each two-week unit typically entails 50 hours of learning time, with a blend of taught input and supported self-study.

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Secondary Biology

Subject Booster

Secondary English

Subject Booster

Secondary Religious Education

Subject Booster

Secondary Biology

Subject Booster

Develop subject knowledge in biology and prepare to teach the subject effectively to learners aged 11-16 on this flexible free enhancement course for those with the offer a place on our PGCE in Secondary Science (Biology).

Course length:: 8-16 weeks full-time
Subject area(s):: Education and Teaching
Location:: Edge Hill University (full-time) and Online study (full-time)

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Secondary English

Subject Booster

Develop subject knowledge in English and prepare to teach the subject effectively to learners aged 11-16 on this flexible free enhancement course for those with an offer of a place on our PGCE in Secondary English.

Course length:: 8 weeks full-time
Subject area(s):: Education and Teaching
Location:: Edge Hill University (full-time) and Online study (full-time)

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Secondary Religious Education

Subject Booster

Develop subject knowledge in Religious Education and prepare to teach the subject effectively to learners aged 11-16 on this free enhancement course for those with an offer of a place on our PGCE in Secondary RE.

Course length:: 8 weeks full-time
Subject area(s):: Education and Teaching
Location:: Edge Hill University (full-time) and Online study (full-time)

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Explore Education and Teaching as a postgraduate student

The course strengthened not only my subject knowledge, but the crucial skills and confidence I needed to succeed as a teacher.

Syara Bano

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I would recommend everyone to consider joining the subject knowledge enhancement course regardless of their background as it provides you with a refresh of all the core concepts. It helps you become familiar with the curriculum more closely before you start your PGCE.

Hina Suleman

Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course, Secondary PGCE

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If you have any questions you would like to ask about our Subject Booster courses, please get in touch with the team who will be happy to assist you.