The course provides a unique opportunity to train to be a teacher with one of the country's leading providers of technology education. The degree prepares students to teach Design and Technology in their choice of one of the following specialist areas:
- food technology
- textiles technology
- electonics
- resistant materials.
It responds to the technological challenges and exciting opportunities found within the design and technology areas of the national curriculum and equips students to teach some subject elements up to advanced level. Based at the City site, students have access to workshops, laboratories and food technology classrooms and are supported by our experienced tutors and school-based mentors, both on campus and on teaching experience placements.
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Please note the following information for applicants
The course is modular and during the first two years students will study design and technology modules including:
- Mainly Designing
- Mainly Making
- Design and Technology in Education and Society
- Designing and Making.
At the end of the first year students will be guided towards a specialist pathway in one material area which will direct student's choice of assignment tasks.
Assessment
Assessment of all modules is continuous and there are no formal examinations.
Facilities
Find out more about our design and technology teaching facilities.
The national reputation for the quality of Design and Technology teachers that Nottingham Trent University provides ensures an on-going demand for our Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs). Many of our graduates move into leadership and management positions in schools within a few years after graduation. Many graduates work in our local partnership schools in the East Midlands as well as further afield to teach in secondary schools both in the UK and overseas.
Graduates from the programme are equipped to teach Design and Technology at Key Stages Three in all four material areas associated with Design and Technology Education:
- Resistant Materials
- Textiles Technology
- Food Technology
- Systems and Control
Graduates are able to teach at least one of these material areas at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level and at Advanced level.
The transferable skills developed during the programme in such areas as problem-solving, organisation, management, working with others and IT are much sought after in other career areas. Previous graduates who have decide not to pursue a career in teaching have found the degree is highly relevant in other areas, both within and outside of education.
We have a strong partnership with local secondary schools and colleges and all students will be involved in some school-based work in the first two years. During the third year of the course, there is a real focus on teaching practice and professional studies. All students undertake 24 weeks of teaching placements in at least two different local schools.
You can apply for this course through the UCAS website.
Find out more about applying for an undergraduate course at NTU.
English language entry requirements
English language entry requirements for courses in the School of Education and a full list of all English language qualifications accepted by the University are available on our website.
