Careers in Teaching Week, 20-24 November 2023
Teaching is a career option for many Royal Holloway graduates and with many of the application deadlines early in the academic year, now's the time to get informed and discover your options!
What's on?
Routes into teaching Primary and Secondary
Monday 20 November, 6.30-7.30pm Online - book your place here
This session is presented by Clive Woolger, a PGCE Admissions Tutor and Senior Lecturer at St. Mary's University. He will make you aware of the different routes into Primary and Secondary teaching and share with you his understanding of the application system.
Teaching Careers Fair
Thursday 23 November, 12-3pm Davison Building
Come along and speak to a host of different teacher training providers and find out more about this incredibly rewarding career! Open to ALL students, whether you are just exploring teaching as a career option for the first time, or have your heart set on it.
Teacher Training Providers attending:
Teach First Skills Workshop Series
Teach First will be running a series of skills sessions during the week, to support you to build essential skills for the application process and your graduate career. Open to ALL students, whether you have decided on a career in teaching or not!
1. Teaching yourself Resilience
Monday 20 November, 12-1pm Online - book your place here
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. Join us in this skills session to build your resilience gradually, recognise your stress indicators and develop self-evaluation skills – essential for the graduate marketplace and beyond.
2. Problem-solving
Tuesday 21 November, 12-1pm, Online - book your place here
Join us for our problem-solving skills session to discover different techniques and approaches – essential for both the graduate marketplace and beyond.
3. Tutoring, mentoring and teaching skills
Thursday 23 November, 1.30-2.30pm In-person: Event Space, Davison Building - book your place here
If you’re mentoring, tutoring or coaching, understanding how people learn is a vital skill to have – as is communicating effectively, session planning and people management.
Whether you’re in the classroom or with peers, we’ve pulled together our teacher training expertise, theories and techniques to create a skills session you can use in your role.
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: