Information for Applicants
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) (Primary) (Dumfries Campus)
This programme is a 1 year professional degree which will qualify you to teach in a primary school. Approved by the General Teaching Council for Scotland, this programme is benchmarked against the highest standards of excellence.
Information will be emailed to you by your interviewer before your interview date confirming the time of your interview. Please monitor your junk/spam folder for this email.
Please have available a form of photographic identification (driving licence, passport, etc.) that you will be asked to display to your interviewer.
All interviews will take place in-person and will be conducted by colleagues from the School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, Dumfries Campus.
Please read all information provided on this webpage carefully.
If you have any questions, please contact: Dumfries-Admin@glasgow.ac.uk
Accepting and Scheduling Your Interview
Accepting your Invitation
You must accept this invitation on UCAS Track at www.ucas.com no later than 7 days prior to the interview.
If you have not updated UCAS Track to indicate your intention to attend your interview, it may not be possible to interview you.
Declining your Invitation
If you decide you no longer wish to be interviewed, please decline your interview on UCAS Track at www.ucas.com as soon as possible so that your slot can be offered to another candidate.
Applicants who do not decline on UCAS Track will be unsuccessful.
Re-scheduling your Interview
If you are unable to attend on the date offered, please contact us with your reasons for requesting a reschedule and we will do our best to accommodate you, however please note that an interview reschedule is not always guaranteed.
If you accept your interview but can no longer attend, please call +44 (0) 1387 702001 or email dumfries-admin@glasgow.ac.uk to inform us of this.
Interview Outcome
You will be notified of a successful or unsuccessful outcome of your interview via UCAS within 7 working days. If you do not hear from us within 7 working days, it means your application is still under consideration.
Dress Code
This is an interview for a professional degree programme and as such we would expect applicants to dress accordingly.
Interview Guidelines and Tasks
All interviews will take place in-person at the Dumfries Campus.
The interview will consist of you giving a short presentation followed by interview questions. This is your chance to let us know why you want to apply for this programme and to share your views and thoughts on the role of the teacher in Scottish primary schools.
Before the interview:
- Prepare a 5-minute talk on the following topic:
- ‘How do you see yourself contributing to education in Scotland as a primary teacher?’
- Candidates do not need to prepare slides or a PowerPoint presentation, you may bring small notecards (no more than three A6 cards) if you would like.
Arriving at the interview:
All interviews will take place in-person at The University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus, Bankend Road, Dumfries DG1 4ZL.
Please follow the signs for the Rutherford McCowan Building - a Student Ambassador will meet you there, look out for their bright pink t-shirt and hoodie!
The Rutherford McCowan Building is located on the Crichton Campus in Dumfries, at what3words location: ///desire.celebrate.sparks
Further information on visiting our campus can be found at the link below:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ses/studyindumfries/visitus/directions/
All parking on our campus is free - when you arrive, follow the signs that say parking for the Rutherford McCowan Building. There is also accessible parking available directly in front of the building.
During the interview:
You will be asked to give your 5-minute presentation to our interviewers. This will be followed by a series of interview questions.
Please have a form of photographic identification available (driving licence, passport) that you will be asked to display to your interviewer.
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme
If you are accepted to a teaching degree you must undertake a Criminal Convictions check under the PVG Scheme prior to enrolment. It is your responsibility to pay for the check. Details will be sent to you once you have accepted and confirmed your offer.