Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (Part-time)

The Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (part-time) is discontinued with effect from the end of the 2019/20 academic year. 

1. Every candidate must follow for fivethree terms a part-time course of instruction in Teacher Education approved by the Graduate StudiesAcademic Committee of the Department of Education.

2. All candidates on the course will be required to complete fourthree summatively assessed units of study and one formatively assessed residential unit. Two units are taught each academic year on an alternating basis. 

3. The Postgraduate Diploma shall be examined by means of fourthree assignments relating to the content of each of the fourthree units. EachAssignments assignmentone and two must be between 4,000 and 5,000 words in length, orand theirassignment equivalentthree must be a maximum of 10,000 words in length. All word counts include tables, charts and diagrams and assignments must be written in accordance with guidance given in the unit. OneAssignments electronicone copyand (in a software format available in the department)two must be submitted onlineuploaded to the ChairAssignments section of Examiners, M.Sc in Teacher Education, c/o Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY who will provide the digitalProfessional address.Programmes TheWebLearn deadlinesite for the submission of assignments will beby no later than noon on Monday of Week 1 of Hilary and Trinity terms respectively. Assignment three must be uploaded to the Assignments section of the Professional Programmes WebLearn site by no later than noon on the third Friday in September in the candidate’s first year of the course.

4. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in an assignment will be permitted to resubmit on one occasion only. The deadline for resubmission of unitassignments assessmentsone and two will be noon on the Monday falling 814 weeks after the initial submission date, following the term in which the unit is taken.

5. The awarddeadline for resubmission of Distinctionassignment withinthree will be noon on Monday of week 1 of Hilary term in the Postgraduatefollowing Diplomaacademic is normally reserved for those candidates who receive distinction marks for at least two of the four assessed assignments, and over 60 for the other twoyear.