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  • 03-11-2010 12:49am
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    markievicz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 163 ✭✭


    I'm more than likely posting this in the wrong place but anyway!
    I'm thinking of applying for the PGDE (September 2011) my degree subjects are English and Religion and I have just finished a MA in English. I was wondering would I be better off staying in Ireland (NUIM or UCD hopefully) to do it or to go to England (Edge Hill looks to be my best bet)??
    Also, if I was to do the course in England would I have to do a top up course afterwards to teach in Ireland as all the courses I have seen cover the 11-16 age group?

    Any advice is much appreciated I'm extremely confusted over the whole thing :D
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  • #2
    Dionysus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    markievicz wrote: »
    I'm more than likely posting this in the wrong place but anyway!
    I'm thinking of applying for the PGDE (September 2011) my degree subjects are English and Religion and I have just finished a MA in English. I was wondering would I be better off staying in Ireland (NUIM or UCD hopefully) to do it or to go to England (Edge Hill looks to be my best bet)??
    Also, if I was to do the course in England would I have to do a top up course afterwards to teach in Ireland as all the courses I have seen cover the 11-16 age group?

    Any advice is much appreciated I'm extremely confusted over the whole thing :D

    If you want a job, this is a very bad subject combination. Can you afford to waste that year, and €6500? If you really want to teach, subjects like Irish and Maths would be better. If you have a year to spend, why not start by dropping into the career development person in your university, telling her/him your existing qualifications and s/he can flesh out more realistic possibilities for you?

    PS: The pay for teachers in England is abysmal. You might very well get a job there but the pay and degree of paperwork makes it a significantly less attractive proposition than Ireland by all accounts.


  • #3
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Leaving aside the job situation. I would say do it in Ireland definitely. There seems to be no issue with people hopping on a boat post graduation and teaching in England.

    It is harder to do this the other way around because you have to do one year in England to be fully qualified and then when you come back principals may think you're not fully up on speed on the Irish syllabus and you'll be against lots of people who qualified and have experience in Ireland.


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