This programme allows students to gain knowledge and experience of all the subjects taught in the primary school; students will start working with schools during the first term of the programme; regular contact allows students to make the connection between theory and practice, and allows practice to be informed by theory; students will have experience in a range of schools across their chosen age group including a period in an inner city school; this gives students the confidence and competence to teach in very different school contexts;the programme uses a wide range of learning and teaching approaches; lectures; workshops; seminars; discussions; independent learning tasks; school-based research;at various times students will be expected to work both independently and in a group; students are offered professional and personal support by a tutor especially assigned individually and work within a supportive student group.