Subject knowledge enhancement courses are funded by the DfE and open the possibility to train to teach a different subject to your degree.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) is a government initiative which can be studied full time or part time, campus-based or online, or sometimes a mixture of both.  It is a conversion course for those who wish to teach a STEM or Language subject, but have a degree with relatively little related content. Subject knowledge enhancement courses are designed to develop a deep understanding of the subject that a potential teacher trainee would like to qualify as a teacher, helping them gain knowledge and confidence to a sufficient level that they can commence an Initial Teacher Training course. 

SKE courses are free and run for a maximum of 28 weeks. Since October 2015, it is now possible to complete a SKE part time, which means that a 28 week SKE course could be taken for longer if necessary.  For example '1 week SKE' is equivalent to 25 hours of study and so for an 8-week SKE course, which is the minimum length SKE that can be taken, you would be expected to study for a total of 200 hours.  The 8 week course could however be studied over 10, 12... 16 weeks, but for funding purposes it would be treated as an 8 week SKE course.  You’ll receive a bursary from the Department for Education for the duration of the course which equals £175 per week for students meeting the eligibility criteria and based on full time study.

Some describe subject knowledge enhancement courses as being ideal for career changers, e.g. for those transferring into physics teaching after a career in engineering, but SKE courses are also very relevant and helpful to recent graduates that would like to teach a subject not covered in depth within their degree.  

 If you are an ITT provider that would like to commission Eureka Online College to deliver your SKE course, please get in touch and we would be happy to explain the process.

Find out more about 

• Biology SKE
• Chemistry SKE
• Physics SKE
• Maths SKE
• Primary Maths SKE
• RE SKE
• D&T SKE
• Computing SKE
• MFL SKE

Alternatively, you can read more about subject knolwedge enhancement (SKE) on the DfE website by following this link

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