PGCE/PGCDE - And so it continues or not as the case might be.

For those who follow my blog, you will know I've been battling to complete my PGCE/PGDE since finishing my degree. 

My course has been cancelled, and I've been forced to withdraw due to dual enrollment issues (https://maturestudentsdiary.blogspot.com/2024/10/pgde-second-attempt.html)

In September 2023, I enrolled, believing that the MA would be submitted and wouldn't be an issue. Of course, that was before the start of the redundancy issues. This course and several others I enrolled in that year were cancelled due to a lack of students.

In September 2024, I enrolled again, and the same thing happened again: I found a course, started it, and was forced to withdraw because I was dual-enrolled. While the course was run at a college, it was attached to the university at which I had completed and submitted my MA (in August 2023), but was awaiting marking. 

Fast forward to September 2025, I enrolled at the beginning of the summer at the same college as last year, and I was informed that the fees had increased.  I finally received my MA marked in September with corrections, along with an email stating that I'm ineligible to enrol on PGCE/PGDE at that college due to being dual enrolled. 

Will I ever complete my PGCE/PGDE? Who knows, at this point it's not about the course or the qualification anymore, it, more about the point.