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4 unusual facts about Postgraduate Certificate in Education


Andrew Boggis

The son of Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Boggis, by his marriage to Eirene Donald, Boggis was educated at Marlborough College, New College, Oxford, where he took his degree in modern languages, and King's College, Cambridge, where he followed a teaching course leading to a PGCE.

Geoffrey Regan

Regan attended Sudbury Grammar School from 1957 onwards, University of Kent from 1965-1970, receiving his B.A. and M.A., and took his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at University of London in 1972.

Guido Rings

After the completion of first degrees in Spanish, German and History (1st Staatsexamen) and PGCE equivalents in these subject areas (2nd Staatsexamen), Guido Rings received his PhD in Spanish Philology and his postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) from the University of Trier in 1996 and 2005.

Tess Kingham

Kingham was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls, and got a BA from Royal Holloway, University of London, a PGCE from the University of East Anglia and a Masters Degree in Egyptian Archaeology from University College London.


Carolyn Quinn

She trained as a teacher, gaining a PGCE at the Institute of Education in London before becoming a French teacher at a London comprehensive, but gave this up to be a ward clerk at Charing Cross Hospital.

Jean Lambert

Lambert gained a BA in Modern Languages in 1971 from University College, Cardiff, before taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from St Pauls' College (Francis Close Hall), Cheltenham (now the University of Gloucestershire) and gaining an ADB (Ed.) in 1975.

Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

She was educated at Notre Dame High School in Liverpool, before attending Liverpool University from where she graduated with a BSc in Biology in 1966, and later completed a PGCE at Manchester Polytechnic in 1979.

Patricia Broadfoot

She spent the following year obtaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of London, before beginning her career in education by teaching in Wolmer's Boys High School, Jamaica (1971–73).


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Colm McFadden

He took his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Liverpool Hope University, discussing football with a fellow teacher (and semi-professional footballer with a Conference team – name forgotten) during teaching practice at St Catherine's in Edge Hill.

Steve Knightley

After leaving school, Knightley studied politics and history in Coventry, and then completed a postgraduate certificate in education at Sussex University near Brighton.