University of Hull - Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses
If you are interested in undertaking Initial Teacher Training there are a number of courses to help you prepare.
These are called Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses or SKE. While you are on a SKE course you are paid
£200 per week and there are no university tuition fees.
To apply for a SKE course, you should apply for a place on a relevant PGCE course, through UCAS Teacher Training
(UTT) see http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/teacher-training3 and indicate in your letter of application that
you would like to do the SKE course.
For 2013-14 the University of Hull offers the following SKE courses:
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Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Languages (French)
Quick Reference Guide
SKE
Chemistry
It’s for you if you are a…
Graduate with a GCSE or equivalent in science and an
honours degree at 2.2 or above in a subject other than
chemistry or a subject with less than 50 % of its
content in chemistry.*
Graduate with an A level in chemistry and an honours
degree at 2.2 or above in a subject other than
chemistry or a subject with less than 50 % of its
content in chemistry.*
Length
24 weeks
Start/Finish
19 Feb – 1 Aug 2014
Bursary
£200 per week
9 weeks
26 May – 1 Aug 2014
£200 per week
Graduate with a GCSE or equivalent in science and an
honours degree at 2.2 or above in a subject other than
physics or a subject with less than 50 % of its content
in physics.*
Graduate with an A level in physics and an honours
degree at 2.2 or above in a subject other than physics
or a subject with less than 50 % of its content in
physics.*
24 weeks
19 Feb – 1 Aug 2014
£200 per week
9 weeks
26 May – 1 Aug 2014
£200 per week
Mathematics
Graduate with an A level in mathematics*.
Graduate with a high grade GCSE in mathematics*.
24 weeks
36 weeks
6 Jan – 2 July
Started 9 Sep, finish 2 July
£200 per week
£200 per week
Languages
(French)
Graduate linguist without French GCSE or A level*
15 weeks
£200 per week
French Booster
Graduate linguist
4 weeks
Ab-initio: 19– 30 May
2014
French Extension: 2 June
- 22 August 2014
Distance Learning week
25 – 29 Aug 2014
28 July – 22 Aug 2014
Physics
*Or equivalent.
£200 per week
Mathematics support
The Mathematics enhancement course4 prepares graduates from non-mathematics disciplines to train to teach
mathematics in a secondary school. Applicants should be keenly interested in mathematics; this is more important
than the level of any existing qualification in the subject.
The course runs annually from January to July, for applicants who have an A level in mathematics, and from
September to July for others, who typically have a high grade GCSE in mathematics.
Science support
Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses are now offered by the University of Hull in chemistry5 and physics6. The
aim of these courses is to develop your subject knowledge in physics or chemistry to a level at which you will be able
to teach the subject in a secondary school. You will study GCSE and GCE A level specifications in a way that is
specifically developed for this purpose.
Language support
The Language French enhancement course7is a way for graduate linguists with little or no French to undertake an
intensive course prior to beginning Initial Teacher Training. This enables graduate linguists to teach French to
children in the secondary phase to Key Stage 3 (pupils aged 11 – 14) and beyond and therefore significantly increases
their employment potential.
This course will run between the beginning of June and the end of August, starting with a two week 'ab-initio' course
for those with no French. Those with just a little French join in the second week of the 'ab-initio' course.
There will be daily sessions between 9.00 am and 1.30 pm with further self-access work either on or off campus.
The French Booster course8 is a full-time, 4 week course designed to enable graduate linguists to teach French
confidently and accurately at Key Stage 5 (pupils aged 16 –18).
In 2014, the course will run from 28 July to 22 August with daily sessions between 9.00 am and 12.15 pm and 1.00
pm - 2.00 pm and three hours of further self-access work either on or off campus.