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SPECIAL REGULATIONS: POSTGRADUATE INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION SCHEME INTRODUCTION These Special Regulations enable the awards within the Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education Scheme to be made. The two named awards within this Scheme are the: Professional Graduate Certificate in Education Postgraduate Certificate in Education In this document, both will be abbreviated to PGCE unless it is necessary to differentiate between them. Additionally, students successfully completing the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (14-19), the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (14-19), the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education Post Compulsory or the Post Graduate Certificate in Education Post Compulsory programmes will be able to apply for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status subject to meeting further conditions. The titles of awards covered within this Scheme by these Special Regulations are specified in Schedule One. Schedule Two details the pathways associated with each programme. These schedules will be subject to periodic review by and amended as the occasion arises. GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Entrants should hold an appropriate honours degree (2:2 or above) of a United Kingdom Higher Education Institution or a recognised equivalent qualification. Entrants are also required to meet the entry requirements specified by the Department of Education, or other regulatory body created by the Department of Education, and are subject to change. These include capacity to meet the current professional standards for teaching and the physical and mental fitness to teach. In exceptional cases, the University may offer candidates, not appropriately qualified, the opportunity to take equivalent University tests in English, mathematics and science. Entrants must satisfy the requirements concerning clearance in relation to criminal convictions and any other requirements specified by the University, taking account of the requirements of the regulatory