Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)
Postgraduate
Online
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
30 Weeks
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
This PGCHE responds to the growing focus of Higher Education on developing excellence in teaching and learning, especially teaching and learning that is not solely concerned with traditional face-to-face delivery but instead combines this with the digital advantages of e-learning. It will develop your practice in line with the rise in blended learning and equip you with the relevant skills, knowledge and reflective expertise to support you within your role in both digital and face-to-face teaching and learning contexts. For those solely teaching face-to-face it will both help you develop your current face-to-face teaching and introduce you to blended learning and the widely acknowledged benefits, so that you consider incorporating this into your own practice.
You will engage with your peers and scholarship to ensure you develop as a creative, confident, competent and committed teaching and learning practitioner that is able to learn from both your own work and examples of best practice.
Delivered online, you will benefit from our ‘learning by doing’ approach and discover through your own learning experience, what it’s like to learn and teach, both face-to-face and online.
About this course
Gain the knowledge to be able to prepare applications for professional recognition from various professional bodies across different countries. Eg. a portfolio for Fellowship recognition (FHEA) from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in the UK
Gain an internationally recognised qualification for teaching and learning in Higher Education
Be beginning a teaching career within Higher Education and wish to gain an award that is increasingly considered mandatory for applicants to jobs in the sector
Be moving into Higher Education from industry
Be relatively new to teaching at a university
Be inexperienced in e-learning and wishing to gain the knowledge and skills required to teach through blended and online approaches
Be an experienced teacher looking for the time, space and support to reflect upon and evaluate your practice
Be working in a support/subsidiary role whose work is increasingly student facing with elements of teaching
Be teaching in a institution outside the UK, looking to gain an internationally recognised qualification
All applications are considered on an individual basis. Students would normally be expected to hold an honours degree. Applicants with qualifications other than a first degree, and those without formal qualifications or accreditation but with substantial, relevant professional experience are also encouraged to apply.
Reviews
Subjects
- Best Practice
- Teaching
- Supporting
- Learning
- Developing
- Developing Flexible
- Flexible Learning
- Environments
- Higher Education
- Education
- Education Studies
- Education Management
Course programme
You will need to complete two 30-credit modules (60 credits in total). Both modules are compulsory and must be passed to complete the award.
Core Modules
- Supporting Student Learning
- Developing Flexible Learning Environments
You will be assessed through written coursework and practical activities, such as
- Work-based assignments that are grounded in your current teaching and learning practice where you apply pedagogical scholarship and best practice to develop it
- Written assessments where you design and critically evaluate your curriculum
- Practical assessments where you plan, deliver, and evaluate learning activities with your learners, in both face to face and online/blended learning contexts
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)