Application Process

Please read the details and follow each step to complete your application to take the UCIL unit, Leadership of Learning.

Important:

Places are limited and applications are now being accepted for this unit.

The final date to apply for semester 1 is Thursday 15 August 2024

Application process

    1.  Applicants must apply for a place on this unit. The application link can be found at the end of this section.
    2. Places will be filled as applications are received, so apply early to increase your chance of securing a place. For Semester 1 and Semester 2, interviews will take place in late summer. For Semester 2 only, interviews will take place over the autumn.
    3. If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to a short interview. The interview will explore your reasons for wanting to take the unit and your suitability for it.

    4. a) If your application is successful and you have accepted the place on this unit via email, you will be sent a link to a form on the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) website. Completing this form is step one of two for the DBS check and please do this as soon as possible. If once, completing the form you do not receive an automated email, please contact the DBS team immediately for advice.

      b) The second step involves taking three specified of identification to a UK post office for verification. You will be advised by the DBS team, the forms that are acceptable. If the post office accepts the documents you take, the DBS check process will start. If your documents aren't accepted, please contact the University DBS team as soon as you can.

      Once your application (the two steps above) is completed, the relevant checks will take place, this can take several weeks (possibly longer for international students). The University will be advised the result of the check and you will receive a certificate in the post. Further steps will then take place with the School to confirm your placement.

    5. Attendance at the 'Leadership of Learning - with Teaching Placement' seminars is mandatory. You should not enrol onto the course unit unless you are able to attend all of the seminars and at least 90% of placement visits.

    6. You may opt for a primary or secondary placement depending on the availability of places in schools.

      a) For a primary school placement, you will support teaching and pupils' learning in a year group between the ages of 3-11.

      b) For a secondary school placement, you will support teaching and pupils' learning of a curriculum subject that is closest to your degree discipline. If there is not a suitable match, your A level subjects may be considered depending on your A Level subjects and grades. For example, high A Level grades in Science subjects, Maths, English or History may be considered if you are studying Engineering, Law, Psychology or PPE.

      c) If there is no match for a secondary school subject, it is likely you will be offered a primary school placement.

      d) You may be able to arrange your own placement in Greater Manchester in consultation with the unit director and a proposed school.