Finance
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Tuition fees for the PGCE programme for the 2012/13 academic year will be £9000 as approved by OFFA.
Further information will appear on this website soon.
Training Bursaries for 2012/13.
Teaching is a prime career choice for high-quality graduates. To encourage the best people to enter the profession, from 2012/13 trainees will need at least a 2:2 to be eligible for a training bursary.
The table below summarises the standard training bursaries available:
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Training bursary 2012/13 |
Physics, mathematics, chemistry, modern languages | Other priority secondary specialisms1 and primary | General science and non-priority secondary specialisms2 |
| Trainee with first class degree | £20,000 | £9,000 | £0 |
| 2:1 | £15,000 3 | £5,000 | |
| 2:2 | £12,000 | £0 |
1Art and design, design and technology, economics, engineering, English, dance, drama, geography, history, information and communications technology (ICT), computer science, classics, music, biology, physical education, primary, and religious education mainstream post-graduate ITT courses attract £9,000 bursaries for trainees with a first and £5,000 for trainees with a 2:1.
2General science, business studies, citizenship, applied science, health and social care, leisure and tourism, media studies, psychology, social sciences (except economics) ITT courses attract no bursary.
3Physics trainees with a 2:1 or first are able to apply for an Institute of Physics scholarship. The scholarship is worth £20,000. Trainees who hold the scholarship will not also be eligible for the standard Department for Education (DfE) bursary. Physics trainees who are not awarded the scholarship will continue in 2012/13 to be eligible for the standard £20,000 bursary for those with a first, and £15,000 bursary for those with a 2:1.
