School of Education
There are lots of opportunities for you to make great use of your degree studies. A helpful starting point is the ‘what can I do with my degree page’ on Prospects. Click on the subject areas below to link to the pages which are likely to be most relevant to School of Education graduates:
- Community education officer
- Early years teacher
- Education administrator
- Education consultant
- English as a foreign language teacher
- Further education teacher
- Learning mentor
- Primary school teacher
- Secondary school teacher
- Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO)
- Special educational needs teacher
- Careers adviser
- Child psychotherapist
- Counsellor
- Family support worker
- Health play specialist
- Museum education officer
- Play therapist
- Private tutor
- Youth worker
If you’re looking for a graduate scheme which takes you into teaching within disadvantaged settings, the Teach First scheme might appeal. There are lots of other routes into primary/secondary school teaching, to find out more visit the Get into Teaching site.
Remember, experience of working with children and young people is really important. Get into Teaching’s website provide help to find school-based experience, but you’ll also find that your own networks and contacts can be really useful too. As a starting point, lots of students return to their own previous schools to undertake work experience!
Visit the government website to research postgraduate teacher training courses.
If you’d like more personalised advice on how to start thinking about your career in education, you can always book a Careers Guidance session with one of our advisors for a one to one chat.