Careers in Teaching 

Teaching is a career option for many Royal Holloway graduates and we held our Teaching week from 20-24 November 2023. It was a really popular week with lots of events around getting into this rewarding sector.

As well as our on-campus events, we held three online panels, which you can watch back via the links below. 

Routes into teaching Primary and Secondary

This session was presented by Clive Woolger, a PGCE Admissions Tutor and Senior Lecturer at St. Mary's University. He shared his knowledge on the different routes into Primary and Secondary teaching and his understanding of the application system. 

Watch the recording here

Teaching Careers Fair

This was a great opportunity to speak to a host of different teacher training providers and find out more about this incredibly rewarding career! It was Open to ALL students, whether they were just exploring teaching as a career option for the first time, or having their heart set on it.

Teacher Training Providers who attended:

• Aquinas Education
• Department for Education
• Get Further
• GLF Schools Teacher Training
• i2i Teaching Partnership (Weydon Multi Academy Trust)
• Reach Teacher Training
• Ribbons and Reeves
• St. Mary's University Twickenham
• Teach First
• Teach Now
• Teach SouthEast / Xavier Catholic Education Trust
• United Learning
• University of Cumbria

Teach First Skills Workshop Series

Teach First ran a series of skills sessions during the week, to support the building of essential skills for the application process and graduate careers. 

1. Teaching yourself Resilience

You’ll need patience, energy and a positive mindset to persevere as a teacher. Not to mention tenacity and versatility to overcome the obstacles you’ll face. Watch this skills session to build your resilience gradually, recognise your stress indicators and develop self-evaluation skills – essential for the graduate marketplace and beyond. 

Watch the recording here

2. Problem-solving

This problem-solving skills session explored different techniques and approaches – essential for both the graduate marketplace and beyond. 

Watch the recording here

Careers Guide

The title “teacher” can cover a huge range of jobs in many different kinds of educational establishment and this guide will help you to identify your place in this diverse and socially important profession: 

Read the guide 

Further resources

The Department of Education's Get Into Teaching website is a really useful online resource where you can explore your options and get support and advice. Register with them to get tailored advice and information about teacher training.

Prospects is a useful website, where you can explore the different roles in a sector. Check out their teaching role profiles:

• Primary School Teacher
• Secondary School Teacher
• Further Education Teacher - 

Teach West London - initial teacher training digital prospectusApril 2024