BSc (Honours) Design and Technology with Education and Qualified Teacher Status (Three Year Route)
Three years full-time
UCAS code • XW12
This course is subject to reapproval
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Teacher education
Related subjects • Education studies
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At a glance
Train as a teacher in an exciting subject area that is popular with GCSE and A-level pupils, and where there is a shortage of suitably qualified teachers. You develop your subject knowledge over three years of study in our specialist facilities and also gain essential teaching experience in local schools in preparation for your teaching career.
Key points
• Train as a teacher in an in-demand area of teaching.
• Spend three years developing your subject knowledge of design and technology.
• Learn advanced technical skills in specialist design and technology workshops.
• Gain work experience with accredited mentors in at least two schools.
What is design and technology with education and Qualified Teacher Status?
This course develops your design capabilities, manufacturing skills and technological understanding to degree level. You also learn how to share information and learn techniques that motivate young people in the classroom. You will develop your creativity, design awareness, graphic communication and presentation skills, all the time understanding how these are relevant to becoming an effective and dynamic teacher of D&T.
This course
If you want to teach design and technology in secondary schools, this course is for you. You train using state-of-the-art facilities in a teaching subject that is popular with GCSE and A level pupils, and where there is a shortage of qualified teachers.
Your studies involve
• subject-based study at degree level in the areas of design, technology and manufacturing
• progressive, school-based experience in at least two schools during the three years to allow you to develop the teaching skills to meet the standards for Qualified Teacher Status
Your studies centre around specialist workshops where you learn the technical and design skills needed to lead school classes. Facilities you will use include
• workshops with a full range of machine tools
• specialist computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacture workshop
• specialist computer suites
• design teaching studios
• specialist technology rooms for electronics and systems and control.
We emphasise the skills and knowledge you need to teach across many areas of the design and technology curriculum. You also develop higher level information and communication technology (ICT) skills and strategies to incorporate technology enhanced learning (TEL) within your teaching.
You learn to think critically and creatively about the subjects you study, and by engaging with exciting and challenging projects you gain an understanding of how people learn. You complete research and reflection to support your studies and personal development.
You gain school experience during the early part of the course to enable you to relate your developing design, manufacturing and technological skills to the craft of teaching. Throughout the course you build on this with significant, supported teaching experience of approximately 21 weeks in two or more schools. On these placements you are assigned an experienced and fully qualified school-based mentor to support your development from active observer to independent teacher. Your teaching skills are developed through working with individual pupils, small groups and whole classes.
We have strong partnerships with a large number of secondary schools over a wide area and many of our trainees find employment in our placement schools. The range and level of skills that our 3 year route students bring to the classroom are greatly valued by many schools and students on this course have been some of the most successful in securing early permanent positions.
Fast track route to QTS status
We also offer a two year BSc (Honours) Design and Technology with Education and Qualified Teacher Status for people with existing academic credit and relevant experience.
Key areas of study
There will be workshops in contemporary technologies such as Rapid Prototyping, CNC machinery and CAD modelling as well as the more established skills including engineering and manufacturing. You have full access to the University's art, design and engineering facilities including fashion, textiles, metalwork and jewellery. You develop your teaching skills through a range of projects both on campus and within our partnership design and technology departments.
We are the largest provider of secondary design and technology teachers in the country, with an extremely well established network of placement schools and design and technology departments, as well as specialist mentors who support you whilst on placement.
Find out more about BSc (Honours) Design and Technology with Education and Qualified Teacher Status (Three Year Route)
Related courses
- PGCE Engineering (Full-time)
- PGCE Secondary Design and Technology (Textiles) (Full-time)
- PGCE Secondary Design and Technology (Food Technology) (Full-time)
- PGCE Secondary Design and Technology (Full-time)
- BSc (Honours) Design and Technology with Education and Qualified Teacher Status (Two Year Route) (Full-time)
You apply for this course through UCAS.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,680 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• design portfolio work and reports • presentations • professional development profile • individual and small group projects • preparing teaching materials
Key Information Set 
Lucy Mason
2012 graduate, BSc (Hons) Design an Technology with Education and QTS
I am currently teaching in a school called Beal High School in the London Borough of Redbridge. I teach design and technology at Key Stage 3, resistant materials and graphic products at Key Stage 4 and product design at Key Stage 5. I specialise in resistant materials and electronics.
I chose to teach as I wanted to be able to make a positive impact in young people's lives, I also really enjoy the subject itself. Teaching is an extremely rewarding career.
I really enjoyed the course and all the skills I learned and developed at Sheffield Hallam, you are given many opportunities to trial all sorts of manufacturing processes and work with all different material areas. I got a job from my first interview and I believe that was down to the high quality training I received at Sheffield Hallam.
It’s only since I started working that I realised how truly great my training was. The course is very up to date with the current issues of design and technology and all the lecturers are very passionate about the subject as a whole.
All the members of staff are very supportive and approachable and you can expect to leave the course as a confident and developing teacher.
In the future I am considering going in to the special needs sector, I particularity enjoy working with children with autism and love being able to make a difference in their lives. The school I am currently teaching in is expanding in 2 years so hopefully there will be many opportunities for promotion.
Kathryn Weatherburn
second year, BSc (Hons) Design and Technology
'If you're certain you want to be a teacher this course is a good way to fast-track into your career. It's only three years and you get qualified teacher status, so once you've finished your three years you're ready to go into a school and actually be a teacher.
'Hallam stood out with the best equipment and also the best tutors, so that's why I picked Hallam.
'All my tutors are past design and technology teachers from secondary schools. They haven't just lectured at university - they've been there and done it.
'I'm now in second year. In my first year I had quite a few modules. We had no exams whatsoever and I only wrote one essay last year so everything else was designing and making something.
'The most difficult was definitely my robot so it was great when I got that working and handed in and it was all finished, and it came out like I wanted it to in the end so that was all good.
'Sheffield Hallam have got a big thing about getting you ready for work in the real world, so on this course we do have kids coming in to the University and we teach them for a full day.
'We go out on placements and observation and the third year is going to be a full year of teaching in a school which I'm quite excited about, actually.
'Studying here is quite nice and it's not a huge course, so you know everybody, everybody gets along so you can always go and ask somebody for help. It's really good – I enjoy it.
'Sheffield, having two universities, is very student-orientated so there's lots of nightlife, two student unions to go to, lots of societies to get involved in.
'I think it was voted one of the safest nights out because it's so student-orientated, so there's always students there to help you out if you're ever in any bother. That's another thing about Sheffield that's pretty good.
'Once I get my NQT year passed then I'll be looking for a permanent school that I'll want to settle down in and maybe work up the ranks in the next five to ten years to head of department. That'd be good.'
Jon Gardham
2012 graduate, BSc Design and Technology
I currently teach design and technology at Hall Cross Academy in Doncaster, where I specialise in resistant materials, graphics and product design.
After spending 6 years in finance I decided to look into a new career. I had worked with teenagers in a youth club and thought that teaching might be something that I would enjoy. I talked to some friends and decided to look into the profession further. I visited local high schools and that, plus my volunteering, led me to deciding a career in teaching was for me.
My research showed that Sheffield Hallam was the best place to train if you wanted to teach design and technology because they offer courses that specialise in the subject, provide industry standard facilities and excellent teaching staff. The University also has good transport links which means people from all over Yorkshire can attend. The course has a wide spread of students ages as well, meaning a brilliant mix of people.
The best thing about the course are the many opportunities throughout the 3 years to develop knowledge, teaching theories and practice making me a confident and prepared for my NQT year.
The course will allow you to develop many teaching strategies and knowledge with supportive tutors with a challenging placement in year 3. The skills and projects during the first 2 years really do challenge and improve your knowledge as a teacher.
I absolutely love teaching; so far this first term has been brilliant. Every day is challenging, enjoyable and rewarding. Job satisfaction is second to none and my salary will progress over the next few years making it a well-paid career.
I am currently developing new schemes of works and projects and I will be aiming to eventually become head of department and move up the career ladder.
Profiles
Lucy Mason
2012 graduate, BSc (Hons) Design an Technology with Education and QTS
Kathryn Weatherburn
second year, BSc (Hons) Design and Technology
Jon Gardham
2012 graduate, BSc Design and Technology
Is teaching for you?
If you are interested in pursuing a career in teaching then you may like to register for one of our taster courses. We offer a combination of mini taster sessions which are open to all and a series of more in-depth programmes targeted towards particular groups.
Mini taster sessions
Mini taster sessions are designed to give you a flavour of what teacher training involves, giving you the opportunity to meet with course leaders and have your questions answered.
We are running a series of mini taster sessions in March 2012. Find out more or register for a session.
Train to teach development programme
We offer a series of programmes, session's and one to one support to provide you with a more in-depth view of the teaching profession and advise you on your own personalised journey to initial teacher training. These are
• black, minority and ethnic individuals – one day introductory course on 6 February 2012
• men into primary – three-day course (including one day within a school environment), which runs between 12-14 June (tbc)
• secondary priority courses – for people interested in teaching subjects such as maths, physics and chemistry, with courses running between 5-7 March
We also offer small group sessions and one-to-one's for those who do not fall into one of these categories.
Please contact m.greaves@shu.ac.uk to register your interest.
Hear from taster course participants
'I would most definitely recommend this course to other interested parties. I attended in order to decide whether I still thought teaching was for me, and without having the unique opportunity to spend a day in a school I think I still would have struggled with my decision.
'It didn't seem to matter whether you were on the fence about teaching – as I know one of the attendees later realised teaching wasn't for her,
but having access to valuable information regarding getting into teaching, speaking to those from the teaching profession and spending time in a school, were, for me most useful. Since the course I have been able to research the numerous routes into teaching and I have decided I would like to pursue a PGCE Primary.'
Sharner Lal, taster course attendee
'I really gained a lot from this course. I got first hand information about what it is all about being a teacher in UK. I must acknowledge that the organisers of this course did tremendously well it was really fantastic. I had a whole day experience in a school where I had the opportunity to be in two different class rooms. It was a wonderful experience to see how
teaching goes on, classroom management, the use of ICT facilities, and the role of teaching assistant.
'This actually boosted my enthusiasm to go out there and teach. I got more insight into a practical responsibility of a teacher and the positive relationship a teacher builds with pupils.'
Ebenezer F Pobee, taster course attendee
Spark - be creative
Subjects included are • animation • architecture • computers • creative writing • digital media production • engineering • fashion design • film and visual effects • film and media production • fine art • furniture and product design • games design • graphic design • interior design • jewellery and metalwork • performing arts • photography • product design.
Creative Spark
Creative Spark is an annual showcase of student work and celebrates the innovation, creativity and imagination of our most talented graduates. Creative Spark is hosted across four university venues • Owen • Cantor • Sheaf • Arundel Gate Court and S1 in the city centre.
For further information visit the Creative Spark website.
Brightest Spark
Brightest Spark is an exhibition housed in the SIA Gallery and Cantor building. This exhibition features the elite students in each Sheffield of Institute of Arts course as chosen by industry professionals.
For further information visit the Brightest Spark website.
Project Spark
Sheffield Hallam students have the opportunity to play a key role in the promotion of the Creative Spark and Brightest Spark exhibitions by submitting entries for Project Spark. The 2012 competitions included • concept design • branding and wayfinding • creative writing • image • brightest spark logo and branding.
For further information visit the Project Spark website.
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