Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (Part-time)
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The Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (part-time) is discontinued with effect from the end of the 2019/20 academic year.
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1. Every candidate must follow for three terms a part-time course of instruction in Teacher Education approved by the Academic Committee of the Department of Education.
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2. All candidates on the course will be required to complete three summatively assessed units of study and one formatively assessed residential unit.
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3. The Postgraduate Diploma shall be examined by means of three assignments relating to the content of each of the three units. Assignments one and two must be between 4,000 and 5,000 words in length, and assignment three 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. Assignments one and two must be uploaded to the Assignments section of the Professional Programmes WebLearn site by 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.
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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 assignments one and two will be noon on the Monday falling 14 weeks after the initial submission date, following the term in which the unit is taken. The deadline for resubmission of assignment three will be noon on Monday of week 1 of Hilary term in the following academic year.