To be eligible for DfE funding you must apply for the length of SKE course that is specified in your ITT offer on DfE Apply. You cannot apply for a longer SKE course.

To be eligible to receive DfE funding for the cost of your SKE course you must meet the following conditions: You must hold a conditional offer for an ITT course. Completion of the SKE course is a condition of the offer. Your SKE subject must match your ITT subject. Your degree must not match your ITT subject OR have been awarded more than five years ago.

No. The SKE courses are not designed to teach the subject from scratch. They are designed to enhance your existing subject knowledge and focus on those topics taught as part of the national curriculum. This is particularly true for the SKE courses in Spanish and French. If you have no knowledge of the language you are planning to teach, we recommend you undertake a beginners language course prior to embarking on the SKE course.

To be eligible for the bursary you need to meet the following conditions: You are a UK national You have settled status or indefinite leave to remain, even if your leave to remain states that you do not have recourse to public funds. The SKE bursaries are not classed as public funds. You are an overseas national without settled status or leave to remain and are training to teach Physics, French or Spanish. If you are eligible for bursary funding we will contact you upon enrolment to request your bank details for us to pay your bursary. Bursary payments are made a month in arrears.

Overseas participants are eligible for funding for the course fees as long as they meet the general eligibility criteria: - the completion of the SKE course is a condition of the teacher training offer - they have at least lower second class honours degree Overseas participants applying for SKE courses in Physics, Spanish or French are also eligible for the SKE bursary. Overseas participants for any other subject are not eligible for the SKE bursary.

All SKE courses must be completed by 31 August. In most cases your ITT provider will require you to provide proof of completion prior to enrolling you on the ITT course. If you have been accepted onto your ITT course with not enough time to complete an SKE course you will be able to continue your SKE course simultaneously with your ITT course. You will not be eligible for the SKE bursary for any parts of the course that are completed concurrently with the ITT course. We strongly advise against completing the SKE and ITT courses simultaneously due to the workload of both courses.

Our SKE courses are on-demand. They fit flexibly around your other commitments. All SKE courses need to be completed by 31 August. This means you can complete fewer than the recommended 25 hours per week as long as you complete your course by 31 August.

You will be entitled to the bursary funding once you can provide evidence that you have completed your degree with at least lower second class honours. If you have completed your SKE course prior to receiving your degree results, your SKE bursary will be paid as one lump sum. Evidence of degree classification can be provided in the form of a transcript or a letter from the university. We are unable to accept screen shots from your university account.

You are required to keep a timesheet on the VidLearn platform. It is a good idea to update this regularly as you study, but we will send you a monthly reminder of the cut-off date. We check the timesheets on the 11th of every month. You will then get paid £175 on the last working day of the month for every full 25 hours you have logged. Any hours that don't make a full 25 roll over into the next month. The maximum amount of bursary you can receive is the number of weeks of your SKE course x £175. For example, for an 8-week SKE course you will receive £1400. You will not receive further funding even if you log further hours. The final instalment of £175 will not be paid until you have completed your course even if you have logged the hours. Please remember to submit your end of module assignment to your SKE tutor via the VidLearn platform after each module.

Each module follows the same format. How many modules there are depends on the length of the SKE course and the subject. Please refer to the individual pages for each subject for a breakdown of the content. Complete the subject knowledge assessment Complete the subject knowledge audit Watch the video lectures and complete any associated study tasks Prepare your assignment (end of module summary and reflection) Complete the end of module subject knowledge assessment. You need to score at least 80% on the second attempt to pass. Submit your assignment to your SKE tutor via the VidLearn platform.

CORE modules are the modules you need to pass to complete the course. The OPTION modules are not required to pass the course and any study completed on them does not count towards the bursary. The SKE tutor does not support the OPTION modules, but you can complete the online assessment to assess your subject knowledge. Your login for the VidLearn platform will remain active for 2 academic years, so that you can refer back to the materials during your teacher training and first ECT year. This allows you to focus on the CORE modules to meet your completion deadline and have a look at the OPTION modules at a later time.

Online assessments are taken at the beginning and end of each module. Then at the end of the module, after you have revised and feel ready, you can re-take the assessment. We expect all participants to make a significant improvement between their first and second takes, and to pass the course you must pass the second attempt with at least 80%. If you do not achieve 80% you can re-take the assessment once. You will also be asked to take Subject Knowledge Audits at the beginning and end of each module and there is one assignment per core module to submit where you get the chance to evidence your study by reflecting on the module and summarise the topic.

The subject knowledge assessments are graded with a percentage. To pass the course you need to score at least 80% on the second attempt, which is taken at the end of each module. The end of module assignments are graded pass/fail. If you fail a module your SKE tutor will give you feedback and an opportunity to improve your assignment. Overall the course is graded pass/fail.

Our central team are available to help with bursary and technical queries. You will also have a dedicated SKE subject tutor you can contact for support. Their contact details can be found on the VidLearn platform in 'General Course Materials' => 'Documents' => 'Course Information Datasheet'.

Assignments will be marked within 10 working days of submission. Feedback may take longer during school holidays. All our SKE tutors are practicing teachers to ensure that their subject knowledge is current and relevant.

Upon completion of your SKE course you will get an end of course statement, detailing your studies and a certificate. These will also be shared with your ITT provider. It can take up to a fortnight after you have submitted your final assignment for the end of course documentation to be issued.