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School of Public Policy & Professional Practice

 

Education

Information for PGCE Applicants

Mission Statement

Keele is a pre-1992 University which, like others of a similar type:

  • treats education and research as of equal importance;
  • pursues high quality in educational programmes, both undergraduate and postgraduate;
  • supports research which is of national and international significance;
  • serves both regional and national needs.

Within this spectrum of universities, Keele's distinctive mission is to be recognised as the UK's leading example of an open, integrated intellectual community.

Keele's distinctiveness stems from its history, characterises its present and shapes its future. Whilst continuing to be a respected University with features in common with many others, Keele aims to foster its distinctiveness through pursuit of its mission:

An intellectual community with distinctive features:

  • places high value upon inter- and multidisciplinarity, both in education and research;
  • translates that into a coherent philosophy for undergraduate education, which is broadly based rather than over specialised;
  • has a rapidly growing provision in medical and health disciplines;
  • produces graduates capable of deploying a range of intellectual skills and well suited to the twenty-first century environment;
  • provides postgraduate programmes which reflect continuing professional needs;
  • is positively supportive of multi-disciplinarity in research;
  • fosters a questioning approach to intellectual endeavour, with respect for good ideas whoever produces them;
  • develops a strong sense of place and mutual commitment, stemming from the campus environment;
  • provides for a high proportion of students to be resident on its Keele campus, along with a significant proportion of staff;
  • derives maximum benefit to its activities from the environment offered by the distinctive and beautiful Keele campus.

Integrated:

  • capitalises on being a relatively small University to foster interchange between its diverse activities;
  • provides for academic, residential and commercial activities in a single campus environment where many facilities are shared;
  • links its expanding programmes in health and medicine with other University activities.

Open:

  • uses its assets to the benefit of local, regional and national communities;
  • works in partnership with private and public sector partners to deliver this;
  • is recognised as the leading academic conference venue;
  • reproduces its positive distinctive features when it supports activities elsewhere than the Keele campus;
  • collaborates with other educational institutions where there is mutual benefit;
  • is responsive to external influences and open to change.

Data Protection Notice

The Data Protection Act 1998 requires Keele University to take specific measures to ensure that all personal information is processed according to eight Data Protection Principles. All staff and students must abide by the University's policies and procedures. Keele University processes student personal information for advertising, alumni, marketing, public relations, accounts and records, education and training administration, student and staff support services, research and for statistical analysis including monitoring Equal Opportunities. CCTV cameras are placed around the University for monitoring security. It may be necessary to disclose information to relevant authorities or third persons with which the University has business relationships, such as Local Authorities, survey and research organisations.

The Act allows individuals to obtain a copy of their own personal data (for which there is a small fee), the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or erased and, where appropriate, to seek redress for any damage caused.

If you contact us as a result of reading this Prospectus, by providing your personal details you are requesting that Keele University communicates with you to promote its courses and related services. We will use the contact details you provide to send you information about Keele University courses and services which may be of interest to you. Information may be passed to Partner institutions that deliver Keele University Programmes. If at any stage you decide that you no longer wish to receive information from Keele University, please contact the University on 01782 7 33120/33124/31330/33192. Further information can be found at the University's data Protection webpage

Quality Assurance

The PGCE is validated and awarded by Keele University. Within the Programme, all Associate Teachers are required to meet the Statutory requirements for Initial Teacher Education and Training, as set out in "Qualifying to Teach - Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status" (TDA, 2007).

Programmes are subject to periodic review. The fact that a Programme may be revalidated between the publication date of the Prospectus and the start of the Programme is not indicated in the Prospectus entries and revalidation of a Programme may mean that elements of a Programme are different from those outlined in the Prospectus.

Initial Teacher Education Programmes are reviewed by OfSTED. These reports can be accessed here.

Equal Opportunities Policy Statement

Keele University is committed to a comprehensive policy of equal opportunities in employment in which individuals are selected, trained, appraised, promoted and otherwise treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities and are given equal opportunities within the University.

No job applicant, employee or student will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, political belief, socio-economic background, parental status, age or Trades Union membership. The University is committed to a programme of action to ensure that this policy is fully effective.

Download the Equal Opportunities Policy

Race Equality Statement

The Keele Partnership welcomes applications from all sections of the community. In association with the Training and Development Agency for Schools, it is committed to increasing the number of applications to teacher training courses made by members of minority ethnic groups. The School of Public Policy and Professional Practice adheres to University Equality Policies, and takes into account the views and experiences of all students in the planning, management and evaluation of its courses.

Download the Race Equality Policy

Training and Development Agency for Schools Race Equality Scheme

The Race Relations Act, as recently amended, places a duty on all public bodies to promote race equality. Although not required to do so by the Act, the Teacher Training Agency (redesignated from September 2005 as the Training and Development Agency for Schools) voluntarily opted to produce a Race Equality Scheme. The Scheme identified three main priorities for action by the TTA in its determination to promote equality and oppose discrimination: to increase the national intake of trainees with a minority ethnic background from seven to nine per cent by 2005/6, working with Initial Teacher Education and Training Providers to improve the preparation of trainees to teach in multicultural schools; and to provide training for all TDA staff. Initial Teacher Education at Keele University is informed by guidance from the Training and Development Agency for Schools. The current position in respect of policy guidance (Race and Disability Equality Schemes and Action Plans) can be found here.