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General Citizenship CPD courses

For QTs only

Below are the details of HEIs where there is Citizenship education expertise. A variety of Citizenship CPD courses may be run at these HEIs and teachers should contact them individually for details.

For details of the DCSF Citizenship CPD Certificate course go to HERE or look at this download CPD Certificate course

Anglia Ruskin University Scilla Furey S.Furey@anglia.ac.uk tel. 01245 493 131 ext 3519

Birkbeck College University of London (Distance Course) Professor John Annette J.Annette@bbk.ac.uk tel 020 7631 6681

University of Bristol, Sandie Llewellin S.Llewellin@bristol.ac.uk 0117 928 7001

University of Huddersfield, Neil Denby N.Denby@hud.ac.uk 01484 478 112

Institute of Education, London, Jeremy Hayward J.Hayward@ioe.ac.uk 020 7612 6726

Institute of Education (Distance Learning), London Dr Hugh Starkey H.Starkey@ioe.ac.uk 020 7911 5507

University of Leeds Audrey Osler A.Osler@education.leeds.ac.uk 0113 343 4555

University of Leicester Dr Paul Warwick PNW6@Le.ac.uk 0116 252 3714

London Metropolitan University Lee Jerome L.Jerome@londonmet.ac.uk 02071332621

Middlesex University Gavin Baldwin G.Baldwin@mdx.ac.uk 020 8411 6584

Newman College, Birmingham Pam Copeland P.Copeland@newman.ac.uk 0121 476 1181 ext 2462

University of Plymouth Mike Mitchell 01752 585429

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Karl Cain Karl.Cain@ncl.ac.uk 0191 222 6398

University of Winchester Tony Simmons Tony.Simmons@winchester.ac.uk 01962 8273 371

Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Paul Baker p.baker@mmu.ac.uk 0161 247 2078

Conferences and Events

There are lots of one-off conferences/events/lectures/training days which count towards CPD. See the events section of this site for upcoming events and don't forget the annaul ACT national conference at the end of the summer term.

InSite CPD programme

Very much aimed at Citizenship teachers as well as other subjects and also educators within MLA sector

The InSite Immersive Learning Programme is a unique continuing professional development opportunity aimed at teachers, museum educators and other education professionals who want to increase their knowledge of twentieth century conflict and commemoration, and their confidence in teaching and learning outside the classroom.

The InSite Programme aims to:

Build confidence for teachers in leading successful, focussed and outcome led educational trips using museums, historic sites and their collections.

Increase subject knowledge of the impact of conflict in the twentieth century with particular emphasis on post-1945 events and the Cold War.

Build awareness of the issues inherent in teaching controversial and sensitive subjects and confidence in the delivery of these subjects.

Provide training in risk assessment, health and safety, itinerary planning and other practical issues arising from leading educational trips.

Increase motivation for leading educational trips.

Train people to act as advocates for learning outside the classroom within their own area.

Facilitate mutual learning exchanges between teachers and other educators, particularly those working in museums, libraries and archives.

More information from Their Past, Your Future

MA APSE CPD at Sheffield

ACT supports new MA at Sheffield University

The MA in Applied Professional Studies in Education, a groundbreaking programme supported by the TDA, which is being offered in partnership with nine subject associations across a range of subject disciplines, aims to support teachers’ development with specific reference to the teaching and learning of their specialist subject. This is achieved by means of four modules and a dissertation, all of which enable participants to focus their study on their own classroom practice in the context of their own particular needs and those of their schools.

The programme is highly significant as it provides an opportunity to gain accreditation of a range of ACT activity, such as attendance at national or local events, participation in committee work, reading of ACT journals and newsletters etc. This is achieved through the development of a learning portfolio containing reflections on the ways in which such engagement supports individual professional development needs.

Participants, who must be members of the ACT, will complete two modules per year, followed by a dissertation, and it is expected that the majority of participants will complete the MA in 3 years. If a participant has already accrued masters credits from a recent PGCE award then the programme is reduced to two years, two modules in the first year, followed by a dissertation in the second year. The ACT is offering concessions on HA membership and attendance at events to participants in this programme.

Further information is available

• on the university website

• from the Programme Secretary, Sue Cramp, at S.Cramp@sheffield.ac.uk (tel: 0114 222 8184)

• from the Programme Director, Dr Terry Lamb, at T.Lamb@sheffield.ac.uk

Cambridge University Masters in Citizenship and Wellbeing

This new Masters module is being introduced in October 2009. Students taking this module will be able to combine it with a module from another specialist route. This allows students to combine their interest in Citizenship and Well-being with another area of their professional concern.

This module is ideal for students who have completed their Cambridge PGCE (at either primary or secondary level) and wish to build upon their practice within the area of citizenship and Well-being in schools.

This module will explore research and literature on pedagogy and practice for Citizenship and PSHE in schools, and will support participants to develop their practice and to investigate current provision in their school. It will consider historical, philosophical and theoretical perspectives on Citizenship and Well-being in schools.

The module will have a school-based focus and applications will be welcome from NQTs, early career teachers and local Citizenship and PSHE coordinators in both primary and secondary schools.

More details from University of Cambridge Faculty of Education