You'll need to have: For the Professional or Postgraduate courses, a degree is required (or equivalent) from a recognised university, usually in the subject specialist field. A placement is required with a guarantee of 100 hours teaching/training within the Lifelong Learning Sector, for the one year course. For the part time course, the requirement is 50 hours per year. Candidates will be required to undergo an initial core competencies assessment. Pre-service Applicants are expected to have some relevant experience of working with people in an educational setting. This is generally done on a voluntary basis before applying for the course. For pre-service students, an enhanced DBS check will be carried out before the trainee enters their placement. For in-service students a copy of a workplace DBS is required.