Ancient Languages SKE (Latin and Ancient Greek)
Our online Ancient Language SKE course allows you to develop your knowledge of curriculum content and consider how to teach Latin and/or Ancient Greek in UK secondary schools.
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Study an Ancient Languages SKE course at Sussex
The Sussex online Ancient Languages SKE course is mainly undertaken through self-study with plenty of reading and online course materials. There is also an optional summer school with seminars hosted at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex in July.
We offer a range of units for trainees starting their study of ancient languages from scratch, looking to consolidate their understanding or start learning a second ancient language. This SKE will help you prepare for any teacher training course in Classics and/or Latin. Units are taught by distance learning.
Course structure
The Sussex online Ancient Languages SKE is available as an eight, 12 or 16-week course.
You can choose from the following four-week units to build your course. You will choose two, three or four units depending on whether you’re taking the eight, 12 or 16-week course:
- GCSE Latin Language Part 1
- GCSE Latin Language Part 2
- GCSE Latin Language Consolidation
- A-level Latin Language
- Introduction to GCSE Greek
- The Cambridge Latin Course
- de Romanis & Suburani
- Combined: CLC, de Romanis & Suburani Book
- Teaching & Examining Latin to GCSE Level.
Eligibility and funding
SKE courses are funded by the Department for Education (DfE) if you have been offered a place on a PGCE course with enrolment on an SKE course as a condition of acceptance.
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Self-funding your SKE
We also offer a self-funded SKE route for:
- teacher trainees who are not eligible for DfE funding
- qualified teachers who want to teach a new subject, or refresh their subject knowledge before returning to teaching after a break
- anyone considering teaching as a new career who wants to increase their subject knowledge before applying for teacher training.
Learn more about how to self-fund your SKE.
Resources
In addition to input from specialist subject tutors you will also receive:
- physical copies of course texts. The selection will vary depending on the language and level of your study, but you will receive a selection of texts from the , , and .
- a subscription to the online resource
- a fully paid subscription to , a database of past KS3, GCSE and A-level exam questions
- access to thousands of relevant physical and e-books through our Library
- licensed software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Pro
- access to , a huge collection of documentaries, schools TV, films and drama that you can stream for free.
Contact us
If you have any queries about studying an SKE at Sussex, email ske@sussex.ac.uk.