此教育专业研究生文凭课程是为希望成为中学领域教师的毕业生而设计的。一年制课程是苏格兰获得合格教师资格的途径。该计划旨在对毕业生进行教育，以便他们培养成为变革型教师的能力，这些变革型教师会对学习者的学习成果产生积极影响，并有能力成为该行业的未来领导者。为此，该计划着重于教学学生教师，以利用他们强大的学科知识来创建有趣，相关和进步的教学库。该计划旨在确保学生教师具有关于教学的理论知识和实践知识，以便满足年轻人的需求和利益。此外，该计划旨在提高学生教师的思考能力和反思性和反思性能力，使其达到更高的水平。
The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Secondary is for graduates who want to become subject-specialist teachers in the secondary sector. This programme is the Scottish route to qualified teacher status.<br><br>This is an intensive programme of study, divided equally between University-based and school-based activities.<br><br>The programme is designed to prepare you for the range of roles that teachers are expected to play:<br><br>A competent, reflective classroom practitioner<br>A collaborator who contributes to the wider informal curriculum of the school<br>A subject specialist and a curriculum developer<br>A teacher in society, whether building strong relationships with parents or contributing to national policy debates