Level 5 Certificate in Education (Lifelong Learning)

The Certificate in Education is aimed at those who do not have a degree and who wish to acquire knowledge and develop skills that required to work in teaching in the lifelong learning sector, outside of schools. The Pre-Service pathway is for those with no experience of teaching and a willingness and opportunity to complete 250 hours of teaching on a placement, which must be arranged prior to starting the course. If you are already teaching within a training or education setting outside of the schools’ sector, the In-Service pathway is appropriate. Successful completion of the course will provide students with a route to professional status for teachers in lifelong learning, Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status.

The course is particularly suitable if you have work experience in an industry relevant to the further education curriculum. For example, business and administration, hair and beauty, health and social care, childcare, construction, engineering, computing and digital. There is a strong focus on the practice of teaching, which you will undertake and demonstrate either through your employment or placement, working alongside your tutors, mentor and professional colleagues. This is of course accompanied and underpinned by academic study over the duration of the programme.