{"id":2229,"date":"2021-03-03T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:31:16","slug":"the-graduate-secondary-teaching-scheme-gsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2021\/03\/03\/the-graduate-secondary-teaching-scheme-gsts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Graduate Secondary Teaching Scheme (GSTS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">GSTS offers exceptional Kent graduates a fully funded stipend-based opportunity to train as a secondary school teacher (part-time) in one of the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT) schools, whilst working towards a part-time fully funded postgraduate qualification at Kent.<\/p>\n<p>The Graduate Secondary Teaching Scheme offers the following significant benefits:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>A guaranteed income of \u00a315,500 per annum, each year of the\u00a0scheme\u00a0(three years for Masters, 5 years for PhD), rising once qualified, plus an annual travel allowance<\/li>\n<li>Remission of postgraduate fees<\/li>\n<li>Payment of \u00a37200 teacher training fees<\/li>\n<li>A guaranteed school placement for 3-5 years, including QTS (Qualified Teacher Status), NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher) and, if successful, the FQT (Fully Qualified Teacher) year.<\/li>\n<li>The ongoing support of Kent staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From September 2021, successful applicants will join a diverse and supportive community of current Kent\u00a0students\u00a0and alumni,\u00a0teaching\u00a0in the UKAT schools.<\/p>\n<p><b>Who should apply?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>All applications will be considered from applicants wishing to teach a shortage\u00a0secondary\u00a0subject, in the following areas: Chemistry, Computing, Maths, Physics, Biology (please see NCTL bursary subjects at the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beta-getintoteaching.education.gov.uk\/guidance\/financial-support-for-teacher-training#introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Financial support for teacher training (education.gov.uk)<\/a>.\u00a0 The\u00a0teaching\u00a0subject you train in must relate to a pre-held undergraduate or postgraduate degree subject (i.e., to be an English teacher, you should have an English\/Creative Writing degree).<\/p>\n<p><b>How to apply<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the first instance, all enquiries should be sent to Rebecca Spink at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">r.spink@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Further information<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/outreach\/scholarships-and-funding\/gsts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Graduate\u00a0Secondary\u00a0Teaching\u00a0Scheme\u00a0&#8211; Outreach and adult learning &#8211; University of Kent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GSTS offers exceptional Kent graduates a fully funded stipend-based opportunity to train as a secondary school teacher (part-time) in one of the University of Kent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2021\/03\/03\/the-graduate-secondary-teaching-scheme-gsts\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[205105,9658,184554,205104,5343,205133,205132],"tags":[9658,872,175901,143073,170397,184943,145910,57948,37,149978,178057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2230,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions\/2230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}