Our pre-course programme of events starts with the First Steps Event online in March when we bring together all candidates on the course up to that point to share experiences, talk about the expectations and responsibilities in your new career and start discussing pedagogy. This event will be repeated in May for later acceptances.

In June, you will then be invited to attend an online Welcome Event and a Meet and Greet in your hub. You will be able to meet our tutors as well as mentors and hub staff and will hopefully be able to set up your visit to your first placement school before the summer holidays. 

You will have a further online session at the beginning of July, the Next Steps Event, with your fellow trainees to find out more about your training course and help you get ready for the start.

Your training officially begins in mid-August with our Familiarisation Week. This is an opportunity for all our trainees to come together, get to know each other and learn about what makes language teaching effective. You will look at how people learn languages, share ideas and discuss different ways of teaching. You will also learn some Serbian so you can experience what it's like to learn a new language from a student's point of view.

Take a look at our provisional calendar for details of the pre-course programme, a week-by-week overview of your training and key dates throughout the year.