Careers Brief - Education - Post-Compulsory Education BA
Overview
The BA Post-Compulsory Education course gives teachers and trainers with the Certificate in Education the opportunity to gain an Honours degree, essential for improving your career prospects in teaching and opening up other opportunities.
Your teaching experience and knowledge of education, in addition to the transferable skills you have been developing (such as verbal communication, problem-solving and social interpersonal skills), can also be an advantage in many related occupations.
For example: in community education; as Education Officers working in Health Promotion, museums and environmental information; Training Officers in commerce and industry; careers advisers; youth workers; counsellors; education social workers; public relations; educational publishing; broadcasting; journalism; education sector administration.
To clarify your personal career direction or to consider a wider choice of careers matched to your interests, use the Prospects Planner www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner/ and other tools in the Career Planning section of this Careers Guide.
Use the website links below to find out more.
Further study
You could progress onto an appropriate higher level Masters or PhD doctorate. A good Honours (First or 2.1) degree is usually required. This could be to develop your area of study to a more in-depth academic level or to gain other specialist training.
For information on all postgraduate courses and research, go to the national online directory at www.prospects.ac.uk/links/pgstudy/ .
Resources
Graduate Prospects - online national careers service for HE students studying in the UK:
- Drop down 'Career advice' and click on 'Use your qualification' for 'Your degree...what next?'
- Drop down 'Sectors' and click on 'Teaching & education'
- Drop down 'Jobs & work' and click on 'What jobs would suit me?' for Prospects Planner
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/
Careers Advice Service
www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u/
Jobs4U Careers Database - click on sub-heading 'Job Families & Articles' or Quick Search by typing in job title
Training and Development Agency for Schools
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/
Careers database and links to jobs nationally. Search by either clicking on side-heading 'Careers' and choose a category or type in job title.
University of Brighton Careers Service - click on sub-heading 'Looking for work' - click on 'Researching careers' - go to 'Education advice and development' for the guide 'What else can a Teacher do except Teach?'
TES The Times Educational Supplement online - key source for current news and jobs
The Guardian newspaper online - key source for current education news and jobs
Teaching opportunities in the independent sector
The Independent Schools Council
Jobs in Research, Science, Academic & Related Professions
www.guidance-research.org/future-trends/education/
Warwick Institute for Employment Research - Education
UK Local government jobs on the web
Social Care and Social Work careers information site
Go to the Job Applications section of this Careers Guide for additional help and advice with making applications.
