Teaching is an extremely rewarding and challenging career. Our course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills that you need to be an outstanding teacher. We aim to nurture teachers who are passionate about the development of their own and their pupils' learning. The course intends to produce secondary English teachers who are reflective practitioners, who have a love of the subject, and will be:  enthusiastic and confident in the classroom pedagogically skilful and adaptable specialists in the teaching of English aware of how young people learn English knowledgeable across all areas of English – literature and language able to see their subject in the context of the whole curriculum, and understand how the skills of English can transfer across all subjects competent in a number of areas that cross secondary school curriculum boundaries, and able to see English in the wider context - contributing to pupils' personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development able to work effectively as part of a team able to critically examine issues raised within the study of the subject prepared for teaching English in the 21st Century The course is designed to ensure you are confident in all basic national curriculum requirements.Careers service<br>The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs.