Information for Applicants
MA (Hons) Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries Campus)
The MA (Hons) Primary Education with Teaching Qualification Programme is a 4 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 online 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 online.
The interview will consist of 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.
Please have a form of photographic identification available (driving licence, passport) that you will be asked to display to your interviewer.
Interviews will take place online by default. However, we recognise that some applicants may prefer to attend their interview in-person. If you would like to arrange an in-person interview at the University of Glasgow’s Dumfries Campus, please visit: bit.ly/DumfriesInterviews
Before the interview:
- Familiarise yourself with the MA Primary Education with Teaching Qualification Programme
- Prepare a 5-minute presentation on the following topic:
‘How do you see yourself contributing to education in Scotland as a primary teacher?’
- Candidates should prepare a PowerPoint presentation, including no more than 3 power-point slides.
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.
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.
Programme Overview and Information
Stephen Scholes and Dr Michele Vincent outline the MA Primary Education with Teaching Qualification programme at Dumfries Campus.
Student Story: Chris
Chris, a 4th year on the MA (Hons) Primary Education with Teaching Qualification programme, talks about his experience studying in Dumfries.