Undergraduate Degree

Applicants are required to hold a good honours degree (2:2 minimum) in an area related to chosen secondary subject.

GCSE qualifications

• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE English Language or Welsh Language or a standard equivalent.
• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE Mathematics or GCSE Numeracy or a standard equivalent.

Student teachers studying to teach in Welsh medium schools will also need a GCSE grade C or above in Welsh (First Language).

A-Levels/Level 3 Vocational Qualifications

If applicants do not hold an undergraduate degree in a curriculum subject, successful study at appropriate higher levels must be evidenced.

Work Experience

You should be aware of the realities of being a teacher and life in a classroom and so we ask for recent and relevant experience in a secondary educational setting. This may be through employment or volunteering in a school and should be for a minimum period of two weeks.

Gaining experience in a school classroom will help to strengthen your application and better critically inform your personal statement. It will also prepare you for our selection process and give you some experience from which you can draw in your interview.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

If accepted into our programme, you will be required as soon as possible to obtain a clearance check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly known as CRB, Criminal Records Bureau). Please note there is a fee associated with the service and you should ensure also that you opt for the ‘update’ service to maintain the validity of your clearance check.

For further information please contact PGCE secondary admin: 01792 482111 at TeacherEd@uwtsd.ac.uk

What we are looking for?

• A positive view of education as a means to transform lives
• Motivation towards becoming an excellent teacher
• An empathetic desire to make a difference to young people’s lives
• Positive attitudes to social justice, inclusion and equity
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Energy, enthusiasm and flexibility
• Resilience and reliability
• Professional attitudes and behaviour
• Willingness to be a life-long learner

How we select our student teachers?

• Quality of personal statement
• Evidence of subject expertise
• Recent and relevant experience in an educational setting
• Quality of individual interview
• Performance in selection tests – e.g. literacy, numeracy and dispositions

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

University provision

Post-graduate university provision takes place on our new state-of-the-art campus located in the marina quarter in Swansea. Equipped with the latest teaching technology and spacious areas for student study, you will be engaged in creative and innovative sessions that will prepare you for the new curriculum.

Your time in university focuses on learning high-quality pedagogy that makes a positive impact in the classroom. Working with teacher educators who are experts in their field of education, you will become skilled in understanding how children and young people learn and how they can become ambitious and capable learners.  

Our teaching philosophy is one of engaging our student teachers in lively debate and active learning that develops your critical thinking and engagement. This will prepare you to be a research-informed and research-active teacher, ready to make a difference to young people’s lives.

School-based experience

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

The programme offers 60 credits at Masters level and 60 credits at Graduate Level. These are awarded on successful completion of module assessments which include:

• Case studies
• Portfolios
• Video presentation
• Research Project

All assessments are closely linked to practice and are designed to offer you the opportunity to develop teaching and learning that has a positive impact on children and young people.

Some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.  

If you choose to study your course either fully or partially through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies. 

We are continuously reviewing our Welsh medium provision, the precise availability of modules will vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course offers modules available through the medium of Welsh this may vary from year to year, and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific Welsh medium modules cannot be guaranteed.  

Extracurricular Welsh Opportunities 

There are many ways to engage with Welsh culture and life at UWTSD, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch.   

Opportunities to Learn Welsh 

We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.   

Our students have access to a diverse range of equipment and resources, which in most cases are sufficient to complete their programme of study. However, it is likely that students will incur some unavoidable additional costs over and above the cost of their university tuition. These are as follows:

Mandatory Costs

• Travel to placement schools and University
• Travel to off-site specialist provision (including schools and other training providers)
• Travel to schools for ‘Bridging Days’ and other whole-cohort initiatives as per calendar
• Use of a laptop (MS Office is free to students)
• Art students - trips to London galleries and National Museum of Wales. A3 spiral-bound sketchbook, A1 portfolio

 Necessarily Incurred

• Travel to participate in subject enhancement activities organised by Subject Tutor
• Teaching resources, for example, A Level/ GCSE text books
• Travel to Electives placements

Optional

• Printing costs
• Optional study trips

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.

Yr Athrofa has excellent graduate employment rates with 99% of graduates going into employment or further study.

Many schools and college departments, both locally and nationally, are staffed with several of our teachers and many have gone on to forge successful teaching careers at strategic, professional and management levels at home and abroad.

Our PGCE graduates usually remain in close touch with Yr Athrofa as they make their careers in the teaching profession and they often become subject mentors on the programme.  This creates a very strong, sustainable professional network of teachers, which is a rich source of continuing professional development.

1-32 o Bwyntiau Tariff UCAS     

• e.e. Safon Uwch: E, BTEC: PPP, IB: 24

Mae’r sgôr tariff UCAS yn berthnasol i chi os ydych chi wedi astudio cymhwyster yn ddiweddar sy’n gyfwerth â thariff UCAS . Mae UCAS yn darparu cyfrifiannell tariff er mwyn i chi weithio allan beth yw gwerth eich cymhwyster o fewn tariff UCAS.

Llwybrau mynediad amgen 

Os ydy’r cwrs hwn o ddiddordeb i chi, ond nid yw’r gofynion mynediad gennych i ymuno â’n gradd baglor, gallech ystyried: 

• ‘gyda Blwyddyn Sylfaen’. Mae’r llwybr hwn wedi’i gynllunio i roi cymorth ychwanegol i chi am ei fod yn rhoi blwyddyn ychwanegol (llawn amser) i chi o astudio wedi’i gefnogi.  

Unwaith y byddwch chi wedi cwblhau eich astudiaethau Blwyddyn Sylfaen, byddwch yn symud ymlaen yn awtomatig i’r brif radd. 

• Tystysgrif Addysg Uwch (TystAU). Cwrs un flwyddyn yw hwn ac mae’n gyfwerth â blwyddyn gyntaf y radd baglor tair blynedd, llawn amser. 

Unwaith y byddwch wedi cwblhau eich astudiaethau TystAU, byddwch yn gymwys i symud ymlaen i’r ddwy flynedd sy’n weddill o’r radd baglor. 

Mae’r rhain yn llwybrau delfrydol os ydych yn dychwelyd i astudio ar ôl seibiant, neu os nad ydych wedi astudio’r pwnc hwn o’r blaen, neu os na wnaethoch chi gyflawni’r graddau sydd eu hangen i gael lle ar y radd hon. 

Cyngor a Chymorth Derbyn 

Efallai y gwnawn ni roi cynnig is i chi yn seiliedig ar ystod o ffactorau, fel eich cefndir, profiadau ac amgylchiadau unigol. Gelwir hyn yn‘’Derbyniadau Cyd-destunol’. I gael cyngor a chymorth penodol, gallwch gysylltu â’n tîm ymholiadau i gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ofynion mynediad.

Gofynion Iaith Saesneg 

Os nad Saesneg yw eich iaith gyntaf, neu os nad ydych wedi astudio drwy gyfrwng y Saesneg o’r blaen, mae ein gofyniad arferol yn gyfwerth â sgôr o 6.0 y System Brofi Iaith Saesneg Rhyngwladol (Prawf Academaidd IELTS), heb gael llai na 5.5 ym mhob un o’r is-brofion. Rydym hefyd yn derbyn profion iaith Saesneg eraill. 

Ewch i ymweld ag adran Ceisiadau Rhyngwladol ein gwefan i ddysgu rhagor am ein Gofynion Iaith Saesneg a Chyrsiau Iaith Saesneg ymlaen llaw.

Gofynion fisa ac ariannu

Os nad ydych o’r DU ac nid oes gennych breswyliad yma yn barod, efallai bydd angen i chi wneud cais am fisa. 

Ar gyfer cyrsiau sy’n fwy na chwe mis, bydd angen fisa myfyrwyr arnoch chi. 

Dylai myfyrwyr rhyngwladol sydd angen fisa Myfyriwr wneud cais am ein cyrsiau llawn amser gan eu bod yn gymwys ar gyfer nawdd fisa Myfyriwr.  

I gael yr holl wybodaeth, darllenwch y dudalen gwneud cais am fisa a chanllawiau.   

Sylwch mai dim ond ar gyfer rhaglenni wyneb yn wyneb, ar gampws, heb elfennau astudio ar-lein y gall myfyrwyr sy’n derbyn Cymorth Ffederal yr Unol Daleithiau wneud cais. 

Nod yr Ysgol Cyfrifiadura Cymhwysol yw cynhyrchu graddedigion sy’n helpu i siapio dyfodol peirianneg meddalwedd.  Mae cynnwys y cwrs yn gyfoes ac wedi’i lunio er mwyn annog cyflogadwyedd drwy gysylltiadau agos gyda chyflogwyr lleol a chenedlaethol.

Caiff myfyrwyr eu hasesu trwy gyfuniad o daflenni gwaith, asesiadau ymarferol, cyflwyniadau, prosiectau ac arholiadau.  Yn aml, caiff modylau eu hasesu drwy aseiniadau, neu aseiniad ac arholiad. Gall y marc terfynol ar gyfer rhai modylau gynnwys gosod a chwblhau un neu fwy darn o waith cwrs yn ystod y modwl. Caiff gwaith prosiect ei asesu gan adroddiad ysgrifenedig a chyflwyniad.

Anogir myfyrwyr i ddefnyddio ein cysylltiadau gyda Chynghrair Meddalwedd Cymru a Go Wales i weithio ar gynlluniau masnachol ar gyfer eu modwl Prosiect Mawr.  Mae Go Wales yn darparu’r cyfle i fynd ar leoliadau gwaith â chyflog gyda busnesau lleol.

Mae rhai modylau ar y cwrs hwn ar gael i’w hastudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn llawn neu’n rhannol. Ym mhob achos bydd myfyrwyr yn gallu cyflwyno asesiadau ysgrifenedig trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. 

Os byddwch chi’n dewis astudio eich cwrs yn llawn neu’n rhannol drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, efallai y byddwch yn gymwys i wneud cais am ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau i’ch cefnogi gyda’ch astudiaethau.

Rydym yn adolygu ein darpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg yn gyson a bydd union  argaeledd modylau yn amodol ar argaeledd a diddordebau ymchwil staff, pynciau astudio newydd, amserlennu a’r galw gan fyfyrwyr. Os yw eich cwrs yn cynnig modylau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg gall y math o fodwl amrywio o flwyddyn i flwyddyn ac fe fydd yn amodol ar gyrraedd isafswm nifer myfyrwyr. Golyga hyn na ellir gwarantu argaeledd modylau cyfrwng Cymraeg penodol. 

Cyfleoedd Cymraeg Allgyrsiol

Mae nifer o ffyrdd i ymgysylltu â’r diwylliant a bywyd Cymreig yn PCYDDS, gan gynnwys ymuno â chlybiau a chymdeithasau ar gyfer siaradwyr Cymraeg ac ymuno â Changen fywiog y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 

Cyfleoedd i Ddysgu Cymraeg

Rydym hefyd yn darparu amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd i ddysgu ac i ddatblygu eich sgiliau Cymraeg. 

Mae’n bosibl cwblhau’r rhaglen astudio hon heb unrhyw gostau ychwanegol.

Efallai yr hoffai myfyrwyr brynu deunyddiau ar gyfer modylau, megis y Prif Brosiect ond nid yw hyn yn ofynnol ac ni chaiff effaith ar y radd derfynol. 

Efallai eich bod yn gymwys i gael arian i helpu i gefnogi eich astudiaethau.  I ddysgu am ysgoloriaethau, bwrsarïau a chyfleoedd ariannu eraill sydd ar gael, ewch i’n hadran Bwrsarïau ac Ysgoloriaethau.

Mae gan ein graddedigion ragolygon gwaith rhagorol yn y diwydiant cyfrifiadura, addysgu, darlithio a TGCh, yn ogystal â meysydd eraill o’r economi. Dengys ystadegau diweddar bod y mwyafrif helaeth yn dilyn eu dewis lwybrau gyrfaol o fewn chwe mis i raddio.

Byddai graddedigion yn chwilio am swyddi fel Rhaglennydd Iau, Prif Raglennydd, Rhaglennydd Injan/Offer, Rhaglennydd Graffeg/Effeithiau Arbennig/Rendro, Rhaglennydd/Peiriannydd Awdio, Rhaglennydd Deallusrwydd Artiffisial, Rhwydweithio/Aml-chwaraewr, Rhaglennydd Rhwydweithio, Rhaglennydd Gemau Symudol, Rhaglennydd Ffiseg, Pheiriannydd Meddalwedd, Datblygwr Meddalwedd ayb.

1-32 UCAS Tariff Points                

• e.g. A-levels: E, BTEC: PPP, IB: 24

The UCAS tariff score is applicable to you if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a tariff calculator for you to work out what your qualification is worth within the UCAS tariff.

Alternative entry routes 

If this course interests you, but you don’t have the entry requirements to join our bachelor’s degree you could consider: 

• ‘with Foundation Year’. This route is designed to give you extra support as it provides you with an additional year (full-time) of supported study.  

Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main degree.  

• Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE). This is a one-year course and is equivalent to the first year of the three year, full-time bachelor’s degree. 

 Once you have successfully completed your CertHE studies, you will be eligible to progress for the remaining two years of the bachelor’s degree. 

These are ideal routes if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied this subject, or if you did not achieve the grades you need for a place on this degree.  

Admissions Advice and Support 

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, such as your background, experiences and individual circumstances. This is known as ‘Contextual Admissions’. For specific advice and support you can contact our enquiries team for more information about entry requirements. 

English language requirements 

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests. 

Visit the International Applications section of our website to find out more about our English Language Requirements and pre-sessional English Language Courses.

Visa and funding requirements 

If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa. 

For courses of more than six months’ duration you will require a Student visa. 

International students who require a Student visa should apply for our full-time courses as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship.  

For full information read our visa application and guides.   

Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study. 

The School of Applied Computing aims to produce graduates that help shape the future of software engineering.  The course content is contemporary and shaped for employability through close links with local and national employers.

Students are assessed through a combination of worksheets, practicals, presentations, projects and examinations.  Module assessment is often by assignment, or assignment and examination. The final mark for some modules may include one or more pieces of coursework set and completed during the module. Project work is assessed by written report and presentation.

Students are encouraged to use our links with Software Alliance Wales and Go Wales to work on commercial schemes for their Major Project module.  Go Wales provides the opportunity of paid work placements with local businesses.

Some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh. 

If you choose to study your course either fully or partially through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies.

We are continuously reviewing our Welsh medium provision, the precise availability of modules will vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course offers modules available through the medium of Welsh this may vary from year to year, and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific Welsh medium modules cannot be guaranteed. 

Extracurricular Welsh Opportunities

There are many ways to engage with Welsh culture and life at UWTSD, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch. 

Opportunities to Learn Welsh

We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.  

It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.

Students may wish to purchase materials for modules, such as Major Project but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade achieved. 

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.

Our graduates have excellent employment prospects in the computing, teaching, lecturing and ICT industry, as well as in other areas of the economy. Recent statistics show that the vast majority are following their chosen career paths within six months of graduating.

Graduates would seek positions as Junior Programmer, Lead Programmer, Engine/Tools Programmer, Graphics/Special Effects/Rendering Programmer, Audio Programmer/Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Programmer, Networking/Multiplayer, Networking Programmer, Mobile Games Programmer, Physics Programmer, Software Engineer, Software Developer, etc.

Gradd Israddedig

Rhaid i ymgeiswyr feddu ar radd anrhydedd dda (o leiaf 2:2) mewn maes sy’n gysylltiedig â’r dewis bwnc uwchradd.

Cymwysterau TGAU

• Gradd C (gradd 4 yn Lloegr) neu uwch mewn TGAU Saesneg – Iaith neu Cymraeg – Iaith neu safon gyfwerth.
• Gradd C (gradd 4 yn Lloegr) neu uwch mewn TGAU Mathemateg neu TGAU Rhifedd neu safon gyfwerth.

Yn ogystal bydd angen i ddarpar athrawon sy’n astudio i addysgu mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg gael TGAU gradd C neu uwch mewn Cymraeg (Iaith Gyntaf).

Cymwysterau Lefel A/Galwedigaethol Lefel 3

Os nad oes gan ymgeiswyr radd israddedig mewn pwnc cwricwlwm, rhaid iddynt brofi eu bod wedi astudio’n llwyddiannus ar lefelau uwch.

Profiad Gwaith

Dylech fod yn ymwybodol o realiti bod yn athro ac o fywyd yn yr ystafell ddosbarth ac felly rydym yn gofyn am brofiad diweddar a pherthnasol o leoliad addysg uwchradd. Gall hyn fod trwy swydd neu drwy wirfoddoli mewn ysgol a ddylai fod am gyfnod o ddwy wythnos ar y lleiaf.

Bydd magu hyder mewn ystafell ddosbarth ysgol yn helpu i gryfhau eich cais ac yn sail feirniadol well ar gyfer eich datganiad personol. Hefyd, fe fydd yn eich paratoi at ein proses dethol ac yn rhoi peth profiad i chi y gallwch ei ddefnyddio yn eich cyfweliad.

Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd (DBS)

Os cewch eich derbyn ar ein rhaglen, bydd rhaid ichi gael gwiriad clirio uwch DBS (Y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd - CRB, Swyddfa Cofnodion Troseddol gynt) cyn gynted â phosibl. Mae ffi ynghlwm wrth y gwasanaeth a dylech sicrhau eu bod yn dewis y gwasanaeth ‘diweddaru’.

Am ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â swyddfa weinyddol y TAR Uwchradd: 01792 482111 yn TeacherEd@pcydds.ac.uk

Am beth ydym ni’n chwilio?

• Safbwynt positif o addysg fel ffordd i drawsnewid bywydau
• Cymhelliant i fod yn athro rhagorol
• Awydd empathig i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl ifanc
• Agweddau positif at gyfiawnder, cynhwysiant ac ecwiti cymdeithasol
• Gallu i weithio’n unigol ac fel rhan o dîm
• Egni, brwdfrydedd a hyblygrwydd
• Gwydnwch a dibynadwyedd
• Agweddau ac ymddygiad proffesiynol
• Parodrwydd i ddysgu gydol eich oes

Sut ydym ni’n dewis ein darpar athrawon?

• Ansawdd y datganiad personol
• Tystiolaeth o arbenigedd pwnc
• Profiad diweddar a pherthnasol mewn lleoliad addysgol
• Ansawdd y cyfweliad unigol
• Perfformiad mewn profion dethol – e.e. llythrennedd, rhifedd a chymeriad. phrofiad bywyd eu hystyried yn ogystal â’ch cymwysterau.

Strwythur y Rhaglen

Cyflwynir y rhaglen dros 36 wythnos gan staff Partneriaeth Dysgu Broffesiynol yr Athrofa. Mae cyflwyno’r rhaglen yn y ffordd hon yn dod ag arbenigedd ymarferol o’r sector ysgol at ei gilydd ag ymchwil ac arbenigedd addysg uwch.

Yn gyffredinol, mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys darpariaeth 12 wythnos yn y brifysgol ac o leiaf 24 wythnos mewn ysgol.

Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys cwricwlwm craidd a ddarperir ar draws ein casgliad o raglenni HGA. Mae hyn yn cynnwys:

• Modylau Gorfodol
• Datblygu sgiliau ymchwil
• Llwybr proffesiynol ar gyfer Statws Athro Cymwysedig
• Llwybr Datblygu’r Gymraeg
• Pontio – gweithgareddau sy’n dod â theori ac arfer at ei gilydd
• Maes Dewisol – profiad mewn ysgol yn dilyn maes penodol o ddiddordeb
• Lleoliad amgen – cyfle i gael profiad mewn lleoliadau addysg nad ydynt yn ysgolion

Darpariaeth prifysgol

Mae’r ddarpariaeth prifysgol ôl-radd yn cael ei gynnal yn ein campws newydd o’r radd flaenaf ar ardal marina Abertawe. Gyda’r dechnoleg addysgu ddiweddaraf a mannau eang i fyfyrwyr astudio ynddynt, byddwch yn cymryd rhan mewn sesiynau creadigol ac arloesol a fydd yn eich paratoi at y cwricwlwm newydd.

Mae eich amser yn y brifysgol yn ffocysu ar ddysgu addysgeg o ansawdd uchel sy’n cael effaith bositif yn yr ystafell ddosbarth. Gan weithio gydag addysgwyr athrawon sy’n arbenigwyr yn eu maes nhw o addysg, byddwch yn dysgu sgiliau mewn deall sut mae plant a phobl ifanc yn dysgu a sut y gallent ddod yn ddysgwyr uchelgeisiol a medrus.  

Mae ein hathroniaeth addysgu yn annog ein darpar athrawon i gymryd rhan mewn dadleuon bywiog a meddwl gweithredol sy’n datblygu eich sgiliau meddwl creadigol ac ymgysylltu. Bydd hyn yn eich paratoi at fod yn athro sy’n seilio’ch arfer ar ymchwil ac yn ymchwilio’n weithredol, ac yn barod i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl ifanc.

Strwythur y Rhaglen – profiad yn yr ysgol

Bydd eich Profiad Addysgu Proffesiynol (PAP) yn digwydd dros gyfnod o 24 wythnos mewn ysgol, gyda dau leoliad addysgu o sylwedd. Bydd y rhain mewn rhwydwaith PDPA sy’n cynnwys ysgol a fydd yn arwain a nifer o ysgolion partneriaeth lle bydd mentoriaid profiadol a thiwtoriaid prifysgol yn eich cefnogi wrth i chi gyflawni SAC.

Mae pob profiad addysgu mewn lleoliadau gwahanol i roi ichi ystod o brofiadau a’r cyfle i ymgysylltu ag amrywiaeth o ymagweddau at addysgu a dysgu.

Yn ystod eich profiad ysgol, cewch eich cefnogi i gyfuno theori ac arfer fel y gallwch ddatblygu’r sgiliau adfyfyriol sydd eu hangen i fod yn athro tra llwyddiannus.

Cewch gyflwyniad i addysgu fesul cam i roi amser ichi fagu hyder, datblygu gwybodaeth o’r cwricwlwm a sgiliau trefnu ystafell ddosbarth. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys gweithio gyda grwpiau bach o ddysgwyr cyn symud tuag at fod yn gyfrifol am y dosbarth cyfan.

Bydd seminarau a gynhelir mewn ysgolion ac a gyflwynir gan fentoriaid a staff prifysgol yn rhoi’r cyfle ichi gwrdd â myfyrwyr eraill yn eich rhwydwaith a chymryd rhan mewn trafodaeth gydweithredol. Mae adfyfyrio mewn ffordd a rennir fel hyn yn arf grymus wrth symud eich arfer ymlaen.

Mae ein partneriaeth o rwydweithiau’n cynnig lleoliadau trefol a gwledig yn ogystal â lleoliadau sydd ar gael naill ai mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg neu Saesneg.

Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnig 60 credyd ar lefel Meistr a 60 credyd ar lefel Graddedig. Dyfernir y rhain wrth gwblhau asesiadau modwl yn llwyddiannus, sy’n cynnwys:

• Astudiaethau achos
• Portffolios
• Cyflwyniad fideo
• Prosiect Ymchwil

Mae pob aseiniad wedi’i gysylltu’n agos ag arfer ac wedi’u dylunio i gynnig cyfle i chi ddatblygu addysgu a dysgu sy’n cael effaith bositif ar blant a phobl ifanc.

Cwrs Cyfrwng Cymraeg yw hwn.  

Golyga hyn bod y cwrs hwn ar gael yn llawn yn Gymraeg (360 Credyd/100%).   

Os byddwch yn dewis astudio eich cwrs drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, efallai y byddwch yn gymwys i wneud cais am ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau i gefnogi eich astudiaethau. 

Cyfleoedd Cymraeg Allgyrsiol 

 Yn ogystal, mae llawer o ffyrdd i ymgysylltu â’r diwylliant a bywyd Cymreig yn PCYDDS, gan gynnwys ymuno â chlybiau a chymdeithasau ar gyfer siaradwyr Cymraeg ac ymuno â Changen fywiog y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  

Cyfleoedd i Ddysgu Cymraeg 

Rydym hefyd yn darparu amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd i ddysgu ac i ddatblygu eich sgiliau Cymraeg.  

Gall ein myfyrwyr gyrchu ystod amrywiol o offer ac adnoddau, sydd yn y rhan fwyaf o achosion yn ddigonol i gwblhau eu rhaglen astudio. Fodd bynnag, mae’n debygol y bydd myfyrwyr yn wynebu rhai costau ychwanegol na ellir eu hosgoi yn ogystal â chost eu hyfforddiant yn y brifysgol. Mae’r rhain fel a ganlyn:

Costau gorfodol:

• Teithio i ysgolion lleoliad ac i’r Brifysgol.
• Teithio i ddarpariaeth arbenigol oddi ar y safle (gan gynnwys ysgolion a darparwyr hyfforddiant eraill).
• Teithio i ysgolion ar gyfer ‘Diwrnodau Pontio’ a mentrau eraill ar gyfer y garfan gyfan, yn unol â’r calendr.
• Y defnydd o liniadur (mae MS Office yn rhad ac am ddim i fyfyrwyr).
• Myfyrwyr Celf – teithiau i orielau Lundain ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. Llyfr braslunio â rhwymyn sbiral A3, portffolio A1

Costau Angenrheidiol:

• Teithio i gymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau cyfoethogi pwnc a drefnir gan y Tiwtor Pwnc
• Adnoddau addysgu, er enghraifft, gwerslyfrau Safon Uwch/TGAU
• Teithio i leoliadau ‘Meysydd Dewisol’

Dewisol:

• Costau argraffu
• Teithiau astudio dewisol

Efallai eich bod yn gymwys i gael arian i helpu i gefnogi eich astudiaethau.  I ddysgu am ysgoloriaethau, bwrsarïau a chyfleoedd ariannu eraill sydd ar gael, ewch i’n hadran Bwrsarïau ac Ysgoloriaethau.

Mae bwrsariaethau gwerth £15,000 ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru mewn meysydd pwnc blaenoriaeth uchel. 

Cymhelliant Addysg Gychwynnol Athrawon ar gyfer Pynciau â Blaenoriaeth: canllawiau i fyfyrwyr 2024 i 2025 | LLYW.CYMRU

Mae gan Yr Athrofa gyfraddau cyflogaeth graddedigion rhagorol gyda 99% o raddedigion yn mynd ymlaen i waith neu astudiaethau pellach.

Mae gan adrannau llawer o ysgolion a cholegau, yn lleol a chenedlaethol, nifer o’n hathrawon ac mae llawer wedi mynd ymlaen i lunio gyrfaoedd addysgu llwyddiannus ar lefel strategol, proffesiynol a rheoli yma yng Nghymru a thramor.

Fel arfer mae ein graddedigion TAR yn cadw mewn cysylltiad agos â’r Athrofa wrth iddynt lunio eu gyrfaoedd ym myd addysg ac yn aml, maent yn mynd ymlaen i fod yn fentoriaid pwnc ar y rhaglen.  Mae hyn yn creu rhwydwaith proffesiynol cryf, cynaliadwy o athrawon, sy’n ffynhonnell gyfoethog o ddatblygu proffesiynol parhaus.

Undergraduate Degree

Applicants are required to hold a good honours degree (2:2 minimum) in an area related to chosen secondary subject.

GCSE qualifications

• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE English Language or Welsh Language or a standard equivalent.
• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE Mathematics or GCSE Numeracy or a standard equivalent.

Student teachers studying to teach in Welsh medium schools will also need a GCSE grade C or above in Welsh (First Language).

A-Levels/Level 3 Vocational Qualifications

If applicants do not hold an undergraduate degree in a curriculum subject, successful study at appropriate higher levels must be evidenced.

Work Experience

You should be aware of the realities of being a teacher and life in a classroom and so we ask for recent and relevant experience in a secondary educational setting. This may be through employment or volunteering in a school and should be for a minimum period of two weeks.

Gaining experience in a school classroom will help to strengthen your application and better critically inform your personal statement. It will also prepare you for our selection process and give you some experience from which you can draw in your interview.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

If accepted into our programme, you will be required as soon as possible to obtain a clearance check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly known as CRB, Criminal Records Bureau). Please note there is a fee associated with the service and you should ensure also that you opt for the ‘update’ service to maintain the validity of your clearance check.

For further information please contact PGCE secondary admin: 01792 482111 at TeacherEd@uwtsd.ac.uk

What we are looking for?

• A positive view of education as a means to transform lives
• Motivation towards becoming an excellent teacher
• An empathetic desire to make a difference to young people’s lives
• Positive attitudes to social justice, inclusion and equity
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Energy, enthusiasm and flexibility
• Resilience and reliability
• Professional attitudes and behaviour
• Willingness to be a life-long learner

How we select our student teachers?

• Quality of personal statement
• Evidence of subject expertise
• Recent and relevant experience in an educational setting
• Quality of individual interview
• Performance in selection tests – e.g. literacy, numeracy and dispositions

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

University provision

Post-graduate university provision takes place on our new state-of-the-art campus located in the marina quarter in Swansea. Equipped with the latest teaching technology and spacious areas for student study, you will be engaged in creative and innovative sessions that will prepare you for the new curriculum.

Your time in university focuses on learning high-quality pedagogy that makes a positive impact in the classroom. Working with teacher educators who are experts in their field of education, you will become skilled in understanding how children and young people learn and how they can become ambitious and capable learners.  

Our teaching philosophy is one of engaging our student teachers in lively debate and active learning that develops your critical thinking and engagement. This will prepare you to be a research-informed and research-active teacher, ready to make a difference to young people’s lives.

School-based experience

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

The programme offers 60 credits at Masters level and 60 credits at Graduate Level. These are awarded on successful completion of module assessments which include:

• Case studies
• Portfolios
• Video presentation
• Research Project

All assessments are closely linked to practice and are designed to offer you the opportunity to develop teaching and learning that has a positive impact on children and young people.

Some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.   

If you choose to study your course either fully or partially through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies.  

We are continuously reviewing our Welsh medium provision, the precise availability of modules will vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course offers modules available through the medium of Welsh this may vary from year to year, and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific Welsh medium modules cannot be guaranteed.   

Extracurricular Welsh Opportunities  

There are many ways to engage with Welsh culture and life at UWTSD, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch.   

Opportunities to Learn Welsh  

We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.    

Our students have access to a diverse range of equipment and resources, which in most cases are sufficient to complete their programme of study. However, it is likely that students will incur some unavoidable additional costs over and above the cost of their university tuition. These are as follows:

Mandatory Costs

• Travel to placement schools and University
• Travel to off-site specialist provision (including schools and other training providers)
• Travel to schools for ‘Bridging Days’ and other whole-cohort initiatives as per calendar
• Use of a laptop (MS Office is free to students)
• Art students - trips to London galleries and National Museum of Wales. A3 spiral-bound sketchbook, A1 portfolio

 Necessarily Incurred

• Travel to participate in subject enhancement activities organised by Subject Tutor
• Teaching resources, for example, A Level/ GCSE text books
• Travel to Electives placements

Optional

• Printing costs
• Optional study trips

£15,000 bursaries are available from Welsh Government in high priority subject areas. 

ITE Priority Subject Incentive: guidance for students 2024 to 2025 | GOV.WALES

Yr Athrofa has excellent graduate employment rates with 99% of graduates going into employment or further study.

Many schools and college departments, both locally and nationally, are staffed with several of our teachers and many have gone on to forge successful teaching careers at strategic, professional and management levels at home and abroad.

Our PGCE graduates usually remain in close touch with Yr Athrofa as they make their careers in the teaching profession and they often become subject mentors on the programme.  This creates a very strong, sustainable professional network of teachers, which is a rich source of continuing professional development.

104 pwynt tariff UCAS (260 cynt) gan gynnwys:

• Dwy radd C Safon Uwch/AVCE; neu
• Ddiploma Cenedlaethol BTEC gradd Teilyngdod, Pas, Pas; neu
• Dystysgrif Genedlaethol BTEC graddau Teilyngdod, Teilyngdod; neu
• NVQ Lefel 3 - Pas

Dylai pynciau Lefel Uwch gynnwys TGCh, Cyfrifiadura, Mathemateg, Ffiseg neu debyg.

Mae angen TGAU Mathemateg Gradd 4 (C cynt) neu uwch.

Mae graddau’n bwysig; fodd bynnag, nid yw ein cynigion wedi’u seilio’n llwyr ar ganlyniadau academaidd. Mae gennym ddiddordeb mewn pobl greadigol sy’n arddangos ymrwymiad cryf i’w dewis faes pwnc ac felly rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan unigolion o amrywiaeth eang o gefndiroedd. I asesu addasrwydd myfyrwyr ar gyfer eu dewis gwrs, rydym fel arfer yn trefnu cyfweliadau ar gyfer pob ymgeisydd lle caiff eich sgiliau, cyraeddiadau a phrofiad bywyd eu hystyried yn ogystal â’ch cymwysterau. 

Nod yr Ysgol Cyfrifiadura Cymhwysol yw cynhyrchu graddedigion sy’n helpu i siapio dyfodol peirianneg meddalwedd.  Mae cynnwys y cwrs yn gyfoes ac wedi’i lunio er mwyn annog cyflogadwyedd drwy gysylltiadau agos gyda chyflogwyr lleol a chenedlaethol.

Caiff myfyrwyr eu hasesu trwy gyfuniad o daflenni gwaith, asesiadau ymarferol, cyflwyniadau, prosiectau ac arholiadau.  Yn aml, caiff modylau eu hasesu drwy aseiniadau, neu aseiniad ac arholiad. Gall y marc terfynol ar gyfer rhai modylau gynnwys gosod a chwblhau un neu fwy darn o waith cwrs yn ystod y modwl. Caiff gwaith prosiect ei asesu gan adroddiad ysgrifenedig a chyflwyniad.

Anogir myfyrwyr i ddefnyddio ein cysylltiadau gyda Chynghrair Meddalwedd Cymru a Go Wales i weithio ar gynlluniau masnachol ar gyfer eu modwl Prosiect Mawr.  Mae Go Wales yn darparu’r cyfle i fynd ar leoliadau gwaith â chyflog gyda busnesau lleol.

Mae’n bosibl cwblhau’r rhaglen astudio hon heb unrhyw gostau ychwanegol.

Efallai yr hoffai myfyrwyr brynu deunyddiau ar gyfer modylau, megis y Prif Brosiect ond nid yw hyn yn ofynnol ac ni chaiff effaith ar y radd derfynol. 

Efallai eich bod yn gymwys i gael arian i helpu i gefnogi eich astudiaethau.  I ddysgu am ysgoloriaethau, bwrsarïau a chyfleoedd ariannu eraill sydd ar gael, ewch i’n hadran Bwrsarïau ac Ysgoloriaethau.

Mae gan ein graddedigion ragolygon gwaith rhagorol yn y diwydiant cyfrifiadura, addysgu, darlithio a TGCh, yn ogystal â meysydd eraill o’r economi. Dengys ystadegau diweddar bod y mwyafrif helaeth yn dilyn eu dewis lwybrau gyrfaol o fewn chwe mis i raddio.

Byddai graddedigion yn chwilio am swyddi fel Rhaglennydd Iau, Prif Raglennydd, Rhaglennydd Injan/Offer, Rhaglennydd Graffeg/Effeithiau Arbennig/Rendro, Rhaglennydd/Peiriannydd Awdio, Rhaglennydd Deallusrwydd Artiffisial, Rhwydweithio/Aml-chwaraewr, Rhaglennydd Rhwydweithio, Rhaglennydd Gemau Symudol, Rhaglennydd Ffiseg, Pheiriannydd Meddalwedd, Datblygwr Meddalwedd ayb.

104 UCAS tariff points (previously 260) to include:

• Two C grades at A-Level/AVCE; or
• BTEC National Diploma grades Merit, Pass, Pass; or 
• BTEC National Certificate grades Merit, Merit; or 
• NVQ Level 3 - Pass

Subjects at Advanced Level should include ICT, Computing, Maths, Physics or similar.

GCSE Maths Level 4 (previously C) or above is required.

Grades are important; however, our offers are not solely based on academic results. We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. To assess student suitability for their chosen course we normally arrange interviews for all applicants at which your skills, achievements and life experience will be considered as well as your qualifications. 

The School of Applied Computing aims to produce graduates that help shape the future of software engineering.  The course content is contemporary and shaped for employability through close links with local and national employers.

Students are assessed through a combination of worksheets, practicals, presentations, projects and examinations.  Module assessment is often by assignment, or assignment and examination. The final mark for some modules may include one or more pieces of coursework set and completed during the module. Project work is assessed by written report and presentation.

Students are encouraged to use our links with Software Alliance Wales and Go Wales to work on commercial schemes for their Major Project module.  Go Wales provides the opportunity of paid work placements with local businesses.

It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.

Students may wish to purchase materials for modules, such as Major Project but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade achieved. 

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.

Our graduates have excellent employment prospects in the computing, teaching, lecturing and ICT industry, as well as in other areas of the economy. Recent statistics show that the vast majority are following their chosen career paths within six months of graduating.

Graduates would seek positions as Junior Programmer, Lead Programmer, Engine/Tools Programmer, Graphics/Special Effects/Rendering Programmer, Audio Programmer/Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Programmer, Networking/Multiplayer, Networking Programmer, Mobile Games Programmer, Physics Programmer, Software Engineer, Software Developer, etc.

Gradd Israddedig

Rhaid i ymgeiswyr feddu ar radd anrhydedd dda (o leiaf 2:2) mewn maes sy’n gysylltiedig â’r dewis bwnc uwchradd.

Cymwysterau TGAU

• Gradd C (gradd 4 yn Lloegr) neu uwch mewn TGAU Saesneg – Iaith neu Cymraeg – Iaith neu safon gyfwerth.
• Gradd C (gradd 4 yn Lloegr) neu uwch mewn TGAU Mathemateg neu TGAU Rhifedd neu safon gyfwerth.

Yn ogystal bydd angen i ddarpar athrawon sy’n astudio i addysgu mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg gael TGAU gradd C neu uwch mewn Cymraeg (Iaith Gyntaf).

Cymwysterau Lefel A/Galwedigaethol Lefel 3

Os nad oes gan ymgeiswyr radd israddedig mewn pwnc cwricwlwm, rhaid iddynt brofi eu bod wedi astudio’n llwyddiannus ar lefelau uwch.

Profiad Gwaith

Dylech fod yn ymwybodol o realiti bod yn athro ac o fywyd yn yr ystafell ddosbarth ac felly rydym yn gofyn am brofiad diweddar a pherthnasol o leoliad addysg uwchradd. Gall hyn fod trwy swydd neu drwy wirfoddoli mewn ysgol a ddylai fod am gyfnod o ddwy wythnos ar y lleiaf.

Bydd magu hyder mewn ystafell ddosbarth ysgol yn helpu i gryfhau eich cais ac yn sail feirniadol well ar gyfer eich datganiad personol. Hefyd, fe fydd yn eich paratoi at ein proses dethol ac yn rhoi peth profiad i chi y gallwch ei ddefnyddio yn eich cyfweliad.

Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd (DBS)

Os cewch eich derbyn ar ein rhaglen, bydd rhaid ichi gael gwiriad clirio uwch DBS (Y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd - CRB, Swyddfa Cofnodion Troseddol gynt) cyn gynted â phosibl. Mae ffi ynghlwm wrth y gwasanaeth a dylech sicrhau eu bod yn dewis y gwasanaeth ‘diweddaru’.

Am ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â swyddfa weinyddol y TAR Uwchradd: 01792 482111 yn TeacherEd@pcydds.ac.uk

Am beth ydym ni’n chwilio?

• Safbwynt positif o addysg fel ffordd i drawsnewid bywydau
• Cymhelliant i fod yn athro rhagorol
• Awydd empathig i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl ifanc
• Agweddau positif at gyfiawnder, cynhwysiant ac ecwiti cymdeithasol
• Gallu i weithio’n unigol ac fel rhan o dîm
• Egni, brwdfrydedd a hyblygrwydd
• Gwydnwch a dibynadwyedd
• Agweddau ac ymddygiad proffesiynol
• Parodrwydd i ddysgu gydol eich oes

Sut ydym ni’n dewis ein darpar athrawon?

• Ansawdd y datganiad personol
• Tystiolaeth o arbenigedd pwnc
• Profiad diweddar a pherthnasol mewn lleoliad addysgol
• Ansawdd y cyfweliad unigol
• Perfformiad mewn profion dethol – e.e. llythrennedd, rhifedd a chymeriad. phrofiad bywyd eu hystyried yn ogystal â’ch cymwysterau.

Strwythur y Rhaglen

Cyflwynir y rhaglen dros 36 wythnos gan staff Partneriaeth Dysgu Broffesiynol yr Athrofa. Mae cyflwyno’r rhaglen yn y ffordd hon yn dod ag arbenigedd ymarferol o’r sector ysgol at ei gilydd ag ymchwil ac arbenigedd addysg uwch.

Yn gyffredinol, mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys darpariaeth 12 wythnos yn y brifysgol ac o leiaf 24 wythnos mewn ysgol.

Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys cwricwlwm craidd a ddarperir ar draws ein casgliad o raglenni HGA. Mae hyn yn cynnwys:

• Modylau Gorfodol
• Datblygu sgiliau ymchwil
• Llwybr proffesiynol ar gyfer Statws Athro Cymwysedig
• Llwybr Datblygu’r Gymraeg
• Pontio – gweithgareddau sy’n dod â theori ac arfer at ei gilydd
• Maes Dewisol – profiad mewn ysgol yn dilyn maes penodol o ddiddordeb
• Lleoliad amgen – cyfle i gael profiad mewn lleoliadau addysg nad ydynt yn ysgolion

Darpariaeth prifysgol

Mae’r ddarpariaeth prifysgol ôl-radd yn cael ei gynnal yn ein campws newydd o’r radd flaenaf ar ardal marina Abertawe. Gyda’r dechnoleg addysgu ddiweddaraf a mannau eang i fyfyrwyr astudio ynddynt, byddwch yn cymryd rhan mewn sesiynau creadigol ac arloesol a fydd yn eich paratoi at y cwricwlwm newydd.

Mae eich amser yn y brifysgol yn ffocysu ar ddysgu addysgeg o ansawdd uchel sy’n cael effaith bositif yn yr ystafell ddosbarth. Gan weithio gydag addysgwyr athrawon sy’n arbenigwyr yn eu maes nhw o addysg, byddwch yn dysgu sgiliau mewn deall sut mae plant a phobl ifanc yn dysgu a sut y gallent ddod yn ddysgwyr uchelgeisiol a medrus.  

Mae ein hathroniaeth addysgu yn annog ein darpar athrawon i gymryd rhan mewn dadleuon bywiog a meddwl gweithredol sy’n datblygu eich sgiliau meddwl creadigol ac ymgysylltu. Bydd hyn yn eich paratoi at fod yn athro sy’n seilio’ch arfer ar ymchwil ac yn ymchwilio’n weithredol, ac yn barod i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl ifanc.

Strwythur y Rhaglen – profiad yn yr ysgol

Bydd eich Profiad Addysgu Proffesiynol (PAP) yn digwydd dros gyfnod o 24 wythnos mewn ysgol, gyda dau leoliad addysgu o sylwedd. Bydd y rhain mewn rhwydwaith PDPA sy’n cynnwys ysgol a fydd yn arwain a nifer o ysgolion partneriaeth lle bydd mentoriaid profiadol a thiwtoriaid prifysgol yn eich cefnogi wrth i chi gyflawni SAC.

Mae pob profiad addysgu mewn lleoliadau gwahanol i roi ichi ystod o brofiadau a’r cyfle i ymgysylltu ag amrywiaeth o ymagweddau at addysgu a dysgu.

Yn ystod eich profiad ysgol, cewch eich cefnogi i gyfuno theori ac arfer fel y gallwch ddatblygu’r sgiliau adfyfyriol sydd eu hangen i fod yn athro tra llwyddiannus.

Cewch gyflwyniad i addysgu fesul cam i roi amser ichi fagu hyder, datblygu gwybodaeth o’r cwricwlwm a sgiliau trefnu ystafell ddosbarth. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys gweithio gyda grwpiau bach o ddysgwyr cyn symud tuag at fod yn gyfrifol am y dosbarth cyfan.

Bydd seminarau a gynhelir mewn ysgolion ac a gyflwynir gan fentoriaid a staff prifysgol yn rhoi’r cyfle ichi gwrdd â myfyrwyr eraill yn eich rhwydwaith a chymryd rhan mewn trafodaeth gydweithredol. Mae adfyfyrio mewn ffordd a rennir fel hyn yn arf grymus wrth symud eich arfer ymlaen.

Mae ein partneriaeth o rwydweithiau’n cynnig lleoliadau trefol a gwledig yn ogystal â lleoliadau sydd ar gael naill ai mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg neu Saesneg.

Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnig 60 credyd ar lefel Meistr a 60 credyd ar lefel Graddedig. Dyfernir y rhain wrth gwblhau asesiadau modwl yn llwyddiannus, sy’n cynnwys:

• Astudiaethau achos
• Portffolios
• Cyflwyniad fideo
• Prosiect Ymchwil

Mae pob aseiniad wedi’i gysylltu’n agos ag arfer ac wedi’u dylunio i gynnig cyfle i chi ddatblygu addysgu a dysgu sy’n cael effaith bositif ar blant a phobl ifanc.

Cwrs Cyfrwng Cymraeg yw hwn.  

Golyga hyn bod y cwrs hwn ar gael yn llawn yn Gymraeg (360 Credyd/100%).   

Os byddwch yn dewis astudio eich cwrs drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, efallai y byddwch yn gymwys i wneud cais am ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau i gefnogi eich astudiaethau. 

Cyfleoedd Cymraeg Allgyrsiol 

 Yn ogystal, mae llawer o ffyrdd i ymgysylltu â’r diwylliant a bywyd Cymreig yn PCYDDS, gan gynnwys ymuno â chlybiau a chymdeithasau ar gyfer siaradwyr Cymraeg ac ymuno â Changen fywiog y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  

Cyfleoedd i Ddysgu Cymraeg 

Rydym hefyd yn darparu amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd i ddysgu ac i ddatblygu eich sgiliau Cymraeg.  

Gall ein myfyrwyr gyrchu ystod amrywiol o offer ac adnoddau, sydd yn y rhan fwyaf o achosion yn ddigonol i gwblhau eu rhaglen astudio. Fodd bynnag, mae’n debygol y bydd myfyrwyr yn wynebu rhai costau ychwanegol na ellir eu hosgoi yn ogystal â chost eu hyfforddiant yn y brifysgol. Mae’r rhain fel a ganlyn:

Costau gorfodol:

• Teithio i ysgolion lleoliad ac i’r Brifysgol.
• Teithio i ddarpariaeth arbenigol oddi ar y safle (gan gynnwys ysgolion a darparwyr hyfforddiant eraill).
• Teithio i ysgolion ar gyfer ‘Diwrnodau Pontio’ a mentrau eraill ar gyfer y garfan gyfan, yn unol â’r calendr.
• Y defnydd o liniadur (mae MS Office yn rhad ac am ddim i fyfyrwyr).
• Myfyrwyr Celf – teithiau i orielau Lundain ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. Llyfr braslunio â rhwymyn sbiral A3, portffolio A1

Costau Angenrheidiol:

• Teithio i gymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau cyfoethogi pwnc a drefnir gan y Tiwtor Pwnc
• Adnoddau addysgu, er enghraifft, gwerslyfrau Safon Uwch/TGAU
• Teithio i leoliadau ‘Meysydd Dewisol’

Dewisol:

• Costau argraffu
• Teithiau astudio dewisol

Efallai eich bod yn gymwys i gael arian i helpu i gefnogi eich astudiaethau.  I ddysgu am ysgoloriaethau, bwrsarïau a chyfleoedd ariannu eraill sydd ar gael, ewch i’n hadran Bwrsarïau ac Ysgoloriaethau.

Mae bwrsariaethau gwerth £15,000 ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru mewn meysydd pwnc blaenoriaeth uchel. 

Cymhelliant Addysg Gychwynnol Athrawon ar gyfer Pynciau â Blaenoriaeth: canllawiau i fyfyrwyr 2024 i 2025 | LLYW.CYMRU

Mae gan Yr Athrofa gyfraddau cyflogaeth graddedigion rhagorol gyda 99% o raddedigion yn mynd ymlaen i waith neu astudiaethau pellach.

Mae gan adrannau llawer o ysgolion a cholegau, yn lleol a chenedlaethol, nifer o’n hathrawon ac mae llawer wedi mynd ymlaen i lunio gyrfaoedd addysgu llwyddiannus ar lefel strategol, proffesiynol a rheoli yma yng Nghymru a thramor.

Fel arfer mae ein graddedigion TAR yn cadw mewn cysylltiad agos â’r Athrofa wrth iddynt lunio eu gyrfaoedd ym myd addysg ac yn aml, maent yn mynd ymlaen i fod yn fentoriaid pwnc ar y rhaglen.  Mae hyn yn creu rhwydwaith proffesiynol cryf, cynaliadwy o athrawon, sy’n ffynhonnell gyfoethog o ddatblygu proffesiynol parhaus.

Undergraduate Degree

Applicants are required to hold a good honours degree (2:2 minimum) in an area related to chosen secondary subject.

GCSE qualifications

• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE English Language or Welsh Language or a standard equivalent.
• Grade C (grade 4 in England) or above in GCSE Mathematics or GCSE Numeracy or a standard equivalent.

Student teachers studying to teach in Welsh medium schools will also need a GCSE grade C or above in Welsh (First Language).

A-Levels/Level 3 Vocational Qualifications

If applicants do not hold an undergraduate degree in a curriculum subject, successful study at appropriate higher levels must be evidenced.

Work Experience

You should be aware of the realities of being a teacher and life in a classroom and so we ask for recent and relevant experience in a secondary educational setting. This may be through employment or volunteering in a school and should be for a minimum period of two weeks.

Gaining experience in a school classroom will help to strengthen your application and better critically inform your personal statement. It will also prepare you for our selection process and give you some experience from which you can draw in your interview.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

If accepted into our programme, you will be required as soon as possible to obtain a clearance check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly known as CRB, Criminal Records Bureau). Please note there is a fee associated with the service and you should ensure also that you opt for the ‘update’ service to maintain the validity of your clearance check.

For further information please contact PGCE secondary admin: 01792 482111 at TeacherEd@uwtsd.ac.uk

What we are looking for?

• A positive view of education as a means to transform lives
• Motivation towards becoming an excellent teacher
• An empathetic desire to make a difference to young people’s lives
• Positive attitudes to social justice, inclusion and equity
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Energy, enthusiasm and flexibility
• Resilience and reliability
• Professional attitudes and behaviour
• Willingness to be a life-long learner

How we select our student teachers?

• Quality of personal statement
• Evidence of subject expertise
• Recent and relevant experience in an educational setting
• Quality of individual interview
• Performance in selection tests – e.g. literacy, numeracy and dispositions

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

University provision

Post-graduate university provision takes place on our new state-of-the-art campus located in the marina quarter in Swansea. Equipped with the latest teaching technology and spacious areas for student study, you will be engaged in creative and innovative sessions that will prepare you for the new curriculum.

Your time in university focuses on learning high-quality pedagogy that makes a positive impact in the classroom. Working with teacher educators who are experts in their field of education, you will become skilled in understanding how children and young people learn and how they can become ambitious and capable learners.  

Our teaching philosophy is one of engaging our student teachers in lively debate and active learning that develops your critical thinking and engagement. This will prepare you to be a research-informed and research-active teacher, ready to make a difference to young people’s lives.

School-based experience

Your Professional Teaching Experience (PTE) will take place over 24 weeks in school, with two substantive teaching placements. These will be in an APLP network consisting of a Lead school and a number of partnership schools where experienced mentors and university tutors will support you in achieving QTS.

Each teaching experience is in different settings to give you a range of experiences and the opportunity to engage with a variety of approaches to teaching and learning.

During your school-based experience, you will be supported to integrate theory and practice so that you can develop the reflective skills needed to become a highly successful teacher.

You will have a graduated introduction to teaching to give you time to develop your confidence, knowledge of the curriculum and skills of classroom organisation. This will include working with small groups of learners before moving to being responsible for the whole class.

Seminars hosted in school and delivered by mentors and university staff will give you the opportunity to meet with other students in your network and engage in collaborative discussion. Such shared reflection is a powerful tool in moving your practice forward.

Our partnership of networks offers urban and rural placements as well as placements available in either English or Welsh-medium schools.

The programme offers 60 credits at Masters level and 60 credits at Graduate Level. These are awarded on successful completion of module assessments which include:

• Case studies
• Portfolios
• Video presentation
• Research Project

All assessments are closely linked to practice and are designed to offer you the opportunity to develop teaching and learning that has a positive impact on children and young people.

Some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.   

If you choose to study your course either fully or partially through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies.  

We are continuously reviewing our Welsh medium provision, the precise availability of modules will vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course offers modules available through the medium of Welsh this may vary from year to year, and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific Welsh medium modules cannot be guaranteed.   

Extracurricular Welsh Opportunities  

There are many ways to engage with Welsh culture and life at UWTSD, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch.   

Opportunities to Learn Welsh  

We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.    

Our students have access to a diverse range of equipment and resources, which in most cases are sufficient to complete their programme of study. However, it is likely that students will incur some unavoidable additional costs over and above the cost of their university tuition. These are as follows:

Mandatory Costs

• Travel to placement schools and University
• Travel to off-site specialist provision (including schools and other training providers)
• Travel to schools for ‘Bridging Days’ and other whole-cohort initiatives as per calendar
• Use of a laptop (MS Office is free to students)
• Art students - trips to London galleries and National Museum of Wales. A3 spiral-bound sketchbook, A1 portfolio

 Necessarily Incurred

• Travel to participate in subject enhancement activities organised by Subject Tutor
• Teaching resources, for example, A Level/ GCSE text books
• Travel to Electives placements

Optional

• Printing costs
• Optional study trips

£15,000 bursaries are available from Welsh Government in high priority subject areas. 

ITE Priority Subject Incentive: guidance for students 2024 to 2025 | GOV.WALES

Yr Athrofa has excellent graduate employment rates with 99% of graduates going into employment or further study.

Many schools and college departments, both locally and nationally, are staffed with several of our teachers and many have gone on to forge successful teaching careers at strategic, professional and management levels at home and abroad.

Our PGCE graduates usually remain in close touch with Yr Athrofa as they make their careers in the teaching profession and they often become subject mentors on the programme.  This creates a very strong, sustainable professional network of teachers, which is a rich source of continuing professional development.

Gradd anrhydedd 2:2  

• neu gyfwerth a gydnabyddir gan PCYDDS. 

Llwybrau mynediad amgen  

• Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig mewn Addysg Uwch (Tyst. Ôl-radd). Dyma ran gyntaf y radd Meistr lawn. 

Unwaith y byddwch wedi cwblhau eich astudiaethau Tyst. Ôl-radd yn llwyddiannus, byddwch yn gymwys i symud ymlaen i weddill y radd Meistr.  

Mae’r rhain yn llwybrau delfrydol os ydych yn dychwelyd i astudio ar ôl seibiant, os nad ydych wedi astudio’r pwnc hwn o’r blaen, neu os na wnaethoch gyflawni’n raddau roeddech eu hangen i gael lle ar y radd hon.  

 Cyngor a Chymorth Derbyn  

I gael cyngor a chymorth penodol, gallwch gysylltu â’n tîm ymholiadau i gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ofynion mynediad. 

Gofynion Iaith Saesneg  

Os nad Saesneg yw eich iaith gyntaf, neu os nad ydych wedi astudio drwy gyfrwng y Saesneg o’r blaen, mae ein gofyniad arferol yn gyfwerth â sgôr o 6.0 y System Brofi Iaith Saesneg Rhyngwladol (Prawf Academaidd IELTS), heb gael llai na 5.5 ym mhob un o’r is-brofion. Rydym hefyd yn derbyn profion iaith Saesneg eraill.  

Ewch i ymweld ag adran Ceisiadau Rhyngwladol ein gwefan i ddysgu rhagor am ein Gofynion Iaith Saesneg a Chyrsiau Iaith Saesneg ymlaen llaw. 

Gofynion fisa ac ariannu 

Os nad ydych o’r DU ac nid oes gennych breswyliad yma yn barod, efallai bydd angen i chi wneud cais am fisa.  

Ar gyfer cyrsiau sy’n fwy na chwe mis, bydd angen fisa myfyrwyr arnoch chi.  

Dylai myfyrwyr rhyngwladol sydd angen fisa Myfyriwr wneud cais am ein cyrsiau llawn amser gan eu bod yn gymwys ar gyfer nawdd fisa Myfyriwr.   

I gael yr holl wybodaeth, darllenwch y dudalen gwneud cais am fisa a chanllawiau.    

Sylwch mai dim ond ar gyfer rhaglenni wyneb yn wyneb, ar gampws, heb elfennau astudio ar-lein y gall myfyrwyr sy’n derbyn Cymorth Ffederal yr Unol Daleithiau wneud cais. 

Mae rhai modylau ar y cwrs hwn ar gael i’w hastudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn llawn neu’n rhannol. Ym mhob achos bydd myfyrwyr yn gallu cyflwyno asesiadau ysgrifenedig trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.  

Os byddwch chi’n dewis astudio eich cwrs yn llawn neu’n rhannol drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, efallai y byddwch yn gymwys i wneud cais am ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau i’ch cefnogi gyda’ch astudiaethau. 

Rydym yn adolygu ein darpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg yn gyson a bydd union  argaeledd modylau yn amodol ar argaeledd a diddordebau ymchwil staff, pynciau astudio newydd, amserlennu a’r galw gan fyfyrwyr. Os yw eich cwrs yn cynnig modylau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg gall y math o fodwl amrywio o flwyddyn i flwyddyn ac fe fydd yn amodol ar gyrraedd isafswm nifer myfyrwyr. Golyga hyn na ellir gwarantu argaeledd modylau cyfrwng Cymraeg penodol.  

Cyfleoedd Cymraeg Allgyrsiol 

Yn ogystal, mae nifer o ffyrdd i ymgysylltu â’r diwylliant a bywyd Cymreig yn PCYDDS, gan gynnwys ymuno â chlybiau a chymdeithasau ar gyfer siaradwyr Cymraeg ac ymuno â Changen fywiog y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  

Cyfleoedd i Ddysgu Cymraeg 

Rydym hefyd yn darparu amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd i ddysgu ac i ddatblygu eich sgiliau Cymraeg

Mae ein gradd MA yn y Clasuron yn cynnwys ystod eang o ddulliau asesu. Caiff pob modiwl iaith ei asesu trwy waith cwrs ac arholiadau. Mae myfyrwyr sy’n astudio ieithoedd uwch yn cael y cyfle i archwilio testunau’n fanwl, yn llenyddol ac yn ieithyddol, trwy gyfrwng sylwebaethau beirniadol a thraethodau wedi’u hasesu.

Yn ogystal, cewch eich asesu trwy ymarferion llyfryddol, cyflwyniadau — llafar a PowerPoint — creu crynodebau, papurau cynhadledd mewnol, adolygiadau o erthyglau, creu cynlluniau prosiect ac, wrth gwrs, y traethawd hir. Mae’r amrywiaeth hwn yn y dulliau asesu yn helpu i ddatblygu sgiliau wrth gyflwyno deunydd mewn modd clir, proffesiynol ac eglur, boed ar lafar neu’n ysgrifenedig.

Ni fydd unrhyw gostau ychwanegol gorfodol i astudio y tu hwnt i dalu am ffioedd dysgu. Dylai myfyrwyr fod yn barod i ysgwyddo’r costau sylfaenol sy’n gysylltiedig ag astudio, fel cludiant, ac efallai y byddan nhw am brynu coffi, byrbrydau neu eitemau amrywiol eraill ar y campws.

Mae llawer o fyfyrwyr hefyd yn dewis buddsoddi mewn offer fel gliniaduron i’w cynorthwyo gyda’u hastudiaethau, er nad yw hyn yn ofynnol ar gyfer y rhaglen. Bydd unrhyw weithgareddau sy’n ymwneud ag astudio neu fywyd myfyriwr sy’n dwyn cost y tu hwnt i gost ffioedd dysgu yn ddewisol, a bydd y gost yn cael ei chyfleu’n glir i fyfyrwyr wrth gofrestru.

Efallai eich bod yn gymwys i gael arian i helpu i gefnogi eich astudiaethau.  I ddysgu am ysgoloriaethau, bwrsarïau a chyfleoedd ariannu eraill sydd ar gael, ewch i’n hadran Bwrsarïau ac Ysgoloriaethau.

Mae’r rhaglen yn rhoi sylfaen eang ar gyfer swyddi ôl-raddedig, trwy osod pwyslais arbennig ar yr ieithoedd, y fethodoleg a’r offer ymchwil sydd eu hangen ar gyfer astudiaeth annibynnol uwch, a thrwy hynny weithredu fel hyfforddiant i fyfyrwyr sy’n bwriadu ymgymryd ag MPhil neu PhD.

Mae’r cwrs hefyd yn cynnig cymhwyster proffesiynol i athrawon neu eraill sy’n ceisio Datblygiad Proffesiynol Parhaus.