Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 2,800 *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* home: £2,800 | international full-time: £3,300
Introduction
Why choose this course?
This course has been designed to be a practical, work-based course in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. This course is ideal if you want to develop your teaching in line with the current demands and opportunities in higher education teaching and learning. The course is fully delivered online, making it especially appealing for busy in-service teachers who are pressed for time.
The course is designed for those already employed by institutions that deliver higher or further education. It is aimed at individuals who teach and have fewer than three years of full-time teaching experience or who are involved in supporting learning, such as librarians, learning technologists, academic developers, skills advisers and technicians.
This course would also benefit anyone in these roles who wishes to strengthen or refresh their understanding and knowledge of learning and teaching. Our tutors are educationalists and specialise in online learning, in addition to being active researchers in higher education studies.
After successful completion of the course, you will gain the PGCert Award (60 credits at level 7) and the coursework itself is closely aligned with the required materials and evidence for applying for recognition Fellowship of HEA (at Fellowship level).
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This course promotes learning and teaching that actively involves students, which is essential for their success. This course supports forms of teaching that encourage students to take centre stage in their learning.
- This state-of-the-art designed online course will help progress your career in higher education.
- You will experience active learning and study different teaching methods, learning ways to facilitate active learning and involve your students fully and responsibly.
- Our tutors are educationalists and specialise in online learning and learning design, in addition to being active researchers in higher education studies.
- You will be encouraged to reflect on your own experience as a learner to enhance your practice as a teacher. Throughout the course, we help you reflect, ask (yourself and others), find solutions, and share and compare thoughts.
Accreditation
The course is designed around the Higher Education Academy UK Professional Standard Framework (HEA UKPSF). The participants who successfully complete the course will have a portfolio of coursework closely aligned to the requirements for recognition of Fellowship of the HEA (FHEA), and should they wish they can apply with HEA directly for FHEA recognition.
Admissions
Curriculum
What you will study
The course comprises two modules each lasting 19 weeks (16 weeks of structured learning and three weeks of assessment preparation) that contextualise your teaching experiences within the wider issues, such as classroom teaching, curriculum design, learning environment, and student learning. Within each module, you will critically examine, reflect upon and develop your professional practice in teaching and supporting learning in higher and further education.
Given the interactive nature of the course, it is important that from the beginning you see the teachers as facilitators on the course, but not the primary source of knowledge. Independent reading and reflection on books, online journals, and internet articles, and collaboration with your colleagues and mentor will all contribute to your learning. Your success on the course will be achieved by making full use of all these resources and integrating them in ways which show that your teaching is aligned with the principles of active learning.
Modules
Core modules
- Active Learning in Teaching Practice
- Active Learning in Curriculum Design
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
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Career Opportunities
After you graduate
This course has been designed to be a practical, work-based course in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. As such, it prepares you for working as a teacher and/or facilitator in higher or further education.
The award of a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is recognised by most universities in the UK, and increasingly internationally, as a necessary qualification for teaching in higher education institutions.
Additionally, the course thoroughly prepares you for every success in applying for the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with the Higher Education Academy, a status recognised by most universities in the UK, and increasingly internationally, as necessary/desirable recognition for teaching in higher education institutions.