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Department of Education

The Department of Education at the University of Wolverhampton is dedicated to providing high-quality education and training to students in a variety of fields.

In addition to our renowned teaching programmes, we also offer a range of courses including:

We are proud to offer a diverse range of programmes that prepare students for meaningful careers in education.

Our graduates have secured roles at prestigious organisations and in a variety of education settings.

In secondary subjects such maths, and sciences, schools often struggle to find teachers with degrees relevant to the subjects they teach. As few as half of teachers hold a relevant degree in maths or physics, which coincides with them having the greatest recruitment and retention challenges.

To address recruitment challenges, the government has announced pay increases for teachers, with minimum starting salaries of £32,916 (outside of London) for 2025-26.  In some schools targeted retention incentives are available in subjects such as chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics and range from £3,000 to £6,000 for the 2025 - 2026 academic year.

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Nationally for Assessment & Feedback across our Education courses (NSS, 2025)
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nationally for Organisation & Management across our Education courses (NSS, 2025)
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Nationally for Academic Support across our Education courses (NSS, 2025)

Our Courses

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Thank you for taking time to visit our website.

I hope that you are able to find the information that you are looking for. We have a range of courses across the education portfolio including initial teacher education, but also the opportunity to engage with further study in education leading to a wide range of career opportunities. We work with a broad range of partners across different settings with bespoke CPD, accredited courses and education development. Our aim is to ensure that we are “enabling opportunities for all to achieve.” We work with individual students, teachers, education professionals across a range of settings. We also work with local authorities and policy makers with a clear ambition to influence change.

We are a hardworking and ambitious team and we would love to learn more about how we can help you to achieve your goals.

Diana Bannister MBE (PFHEA)
Professor of Innovative Professional Practice in Education
Head of School

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