The STEM Teaching Bursary

About the project

The Teaching Bursary in Scotland aims to encourage more people to train as secondary school teachers in selected STEM subjects and modern languages, and Gaelic at both primary and secondary education. These are the subjects with greatest demand for teachers. The £12,500 bursary is available in the next academic year whilst studying for a PGDE in the relevant subjects.

Award

• The level of bursary is £12,500 per student .
• Students eligible for the bursary can also apply separately to SAAS to have tuition fees paid by the Scottish Government.

Eligibility

For the academic year 2026/27 , the Bursary-Eligible Teaching Subjects are:

at Secondary School Level:

as well as these Gaelic teaching subjects:

For the Gaelic education courses, you must be a fluent speaker of, and be able to read and write in Gaelic

Applicants need to hold a 2.2 degree or meet the minimum initial teacher education (ITE) entry requirement with a relevant masters qualification, the content of which would make them suitable to teach their chosen Bursary-Eligible Teaching Subject.

Including exceptions, applicants ordinarily need to have been out of full-time education since 30th September 2024.

Applicants must have an offer of a place on a PGDE ITE programme at a The University of Edinburgh before applying.

Normal entry requirements for PGDE ITE also apply.

• PGDE Chemistry
• PGDE Computing Science
• PGDE Home Economics
• PGDE Mathematics
• PGDE Physics
• PGDE Technological Education
• PGDE Modern Languages (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish)
• Gaelic as a Language/Subject at Secondary School Level
• Gaelic Medium across all Secondary Subjects
• Primary Education in Gaelic Medium

Applying

Applications should be made directly through the Teaching Bursary in Scotland Website.

Further Information

Please refer to the Teaching Bursary in Scotland Website for more information.

FAQs: Teaching Bursary in Scotland FAQs

For any further questions please contact: teachingbursaryinscotland@sds.co.uk

This article was published on 2024-07-29

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