United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, where both the university system and school system are very different, the degree is awarded after a three or four year course (the course length depends on the university) which is specifically tailored to either primary education or for a limited range of secondary education subjects. It leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England and Wales and is a teaching qualification in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Robins Report was also happening simultaneously. As a result of the Robbins Report on higher education (1963), the teacher training colleges were reformed as Colleges of Education. Such colleges, as in the case of those in London, became 'constituent colleges' of the Institute of Education, with their academic award being from the University of London.Students were offered an extra year of study, bringing the course up to four years in length and resulting in the award of the Bachelor of Education degree. The first Bachelors of Education graduated in 1968.
The BEd became more widespread in the early 1980s, when a bachelor's degree became a requirement for new teachers in the whole of the United Kingdom, replacing the old Certificate in Education (Cert Ed).
The BEd is not the only way of gaining Qualified Teacher Status or gaining a teaching qualification, other routes are as follows:
| Country | First degree | Teaching qualification | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | - | Bachelor of Education | Mainly primary |
| Bachelor of Arts | Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Graduate Teacher Programme | Primary and Secondary | |
| Bachelor of Science | Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Graduate Teacher Programme | Primary and Secondary | |
| - | Bachelor of Arts with QTS | Primary and Secondary | |
| - | Bachelor of Science with QTS | Secondary | |
| Northern Ireland | - | Bachelor of Education | Mainly primary |
| Bachelor of Arts | Postgraduate Certificate in Education | Primary and Secondary | |
| Bachelor of Science | Postgraduate Certificate in Education | Primary and Secondary | |
| Scotland | - | Bachelor of Education | Mainly primary |
| Master of Arts or Bachelor of Arts | Professional Graduate Diploma in Education | Primary and Secondary | |
| Bachelor of Science | Professional Graduate Diploma in Education | Primary and Secondary | |
| - | Master of Arts (Concurrent) | Secondary | |
| - | Bachelor of Science (Concurrent) | Secondary |
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