Religious Education SKE (self-funded only)

Our self-funded online Religious Education SKE is a flexible course that allows you to address any gaps in your knowledge of the six major world religions, philosophy and ethics and how all this fits in with the curriculum in secondary schools.

Study a Religous Educaton SKE at Sussex

We offer a tailored 200-hour course covering a range of units for trainees including GCSE and A Level and the general teaching of RE. All units are supported by a personal tutor and an excellent range of resources including Open Learn, Culham St Gabriel’s and the Oak Academy. You can refer to the resources whenever you need them in your training year – even after your SKE is complete.

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Course structure

The Sussex online Religious Education SKE is available as a 100 or 200-hour self-funded course.

There are two units available. These are:

Unit 1

Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism, Judaism and Sikhism (GCSE level)
Philosophy, Ethics and Christianity (A level).

Unit 2

Digging Deeper into Religion and Curriculum (GCSE and A Level)
Philosophy and Religion in the modern world.

You can also take this as a single 100-unit self-funded course.

Learn more about self-funding your SKE.

Resources

In addition to input from specialist subject tutors you will also receive:

GCSE and A Level textbooks for Religious Studies with AQA.
access to a range of RE resources, including projects and units of work from RE Online.
a fully paid subscription to ExamPro, 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 Box of Broadcasts, a huge collection of documentaries, schools TV, films and drama that you can stream for free.