Teaching and education

For most teaching jobs in the Republic and Northern Ireland, you will need to have a teaching qualification – and this normally means undertaking a postgraduate conversion course.
As well as teacher training qualifications, there are other options for postgraduate study in areas such as education and leadership, educational psychology or learning technologies.
Specialist teaching qualifications are also available in career guidance, special education needs or religion and pastoral care; and of course TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) courses have long been a popular option for graduates.