Education and Childhood professional development

Explore our range of courses.

Develop your staff 

Develop your staff with the confidence, knowledge, and skills in the field of education with one of our continuing professional development (CPD) courses.

Our academic staff have a broad range of skills and expertise that will cater for all professional development needs. Their extensive research and experience, passion, and commitment, supports and informs each of our courses. We blend academic expertise with industry knowledge to offer flexible learning solutions for all academic school staff.

Through our industry driven and innovative processes we can offer a wide range of courses, from one-day to year-long credited courses.

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Longer continued professional development courses

Discover our year-long courses in continued professional development (CPD).

Education courses

Tailored solutions for schools

The School of Education and Childhood is committed to supporting ongoing professional development in schools within and beyond our partnership. We are proud to offer a range of structured and bespoke continuing professional development (CPD) provision delivered by expert practitioners who provide engaging opportunities for professional development.

In the School of Education and Childhood, we have education experts from a wide range of fields and combine research based theoretical knowledge with practical expertise; this allows us to deliver tailored CPD training to suit the needs of your school setting.

We can offer bespoke CPD from an hour to a whole day or more and are able to tailor professional learning across a range of curriculum and pedagogical areas. Courses can be held on site at UWE Bristol's Frenchay Campus or can be delivered in your own school or group of schools. Please get in touch with us (pd@uwe.ac.uk) to discuss how we might support your staff.

Inspire the next generation of educators

"I felt the course empowers professionals to feel that they can evaluate their professional practice. The tutoring was excellent: encouraging, thought provoking, creative and supportive."

Sarah, ITE Primary Education

Sarah ITE Primary Education

"Pretty much all the lecturers on our course have had experience as a teacher, and so we can use their ideas and genuine enthusiasm to help enrich our own teaching."

Jo, ITE Primary Education

Jo ITE Primary Education

OFSTED rating

Our most recent Ofsted inspection published in January 2014 rated UWE Bristol as good across primary and secondary education training. These are some of the key strengths the report picked out:

  • “Teacher training at UWE Bristol provides a wealth of resources and practical advice, which trainees use imaginatively to engage the interest of their pupils.”
  • “UWE Bristol students’ commitment, enthusiasm, and high levels of professionalism, motivates them to become good-quality teachers.”
  • “UWE Bristol is well regarded by head teachers.”

Contact us

Contact the Education and Childhood CPD Team and speak with us:

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