New Content: Taking the QTS and taking the PGCE interview.

Hi. It's been a long time since I worked on this site. Doing a PGCE in English has turned out to be everything people say it is - an awful lot of work! It hasn't left me with much spare time at all. However, it is half term now and I'm half way through the course. Actually, my half term is only 2 days - university sessions continued from Monday to Wednesday.

I've noticed a few brave souls have attempted to blog about their PGCE experience as it happens but gave up soon with the workload bearing down on them. I'm not even going to attempt it. But when I have time I would like to write something about the experience.

Today, I decided to continue where I left off and added two new sections:

• My experience of taking the QTS tests.
• Taking PGCE Interviews.

You can locate them at the bottom of the tabbed page, 'Applying for a PGCE'.

Daikichi

Applying for a PGCE from abroad: preparing your application, flying back for interviews, and the QTS tests.

Hello people.

If you are considering applying for a PGCE from abroad then you've come to the right place.

I live in Japan but I applied for a PGCE and have an unconditional offer.

If you click on the tab above entitled 'Applying for a PGCE' you will be directed to a page with lots of information about how to achieve this goal. Hopefully, it has some handy tips for people who are applying from abroad which you won't find anywhere else on the net.

Recently, I added some new content:

• How to prepare your application before the application process opens.
• What to do after you've submitted your application and when you are offered an interview by universities.
• Preparing for your QTS tests.

These are listed as numbers 6 - 10 on the before-mentioned page. 

These all need some extra consideration if you are applying from abroad:

How are you going to maximise your chances of getting offered interviews all within a few days of each other, thus making it possible to travel back to the UK once and take 3 interviews during the trip?

When are you going to take the QTS tests if you live abroad?

Will you have enough time to book your flight back to the UK after being offered an interview?

All of these questions are relevant to your situation if you want to apply for a PGCE from abroad.

Click on the tab and browse the content!