PgCert Teaching Qualification Further Education

Postgraduate

Online

£ 3001-4000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    September

This PgCert Teaching Qualification Further Education is a one-year, part-time online programme to develop effective teaching by lecturers in colleges and tertiary establishments. It is ideally suited to lecturers who have degree-level qualifications in their subject and are looking to engage with teaching and learning at masters level.

It will equip you with the knowledge, skills and attributes to support your registration with the General Teaching Council of Scotland as a lecturer. The programme uses a collaborative approach to online learning, with activities designed to help you develop professional knowledge and understanding, engage in professional dialogue, and develop critical enquiry to inform practice.

You will develop your skills in reflective practice, and engage with educational theory, research, policy and complex professional issues in this sector of education. This programme will support you to develop your teaching practice, with positive outcomes for you and your learners.

This course is accredited for the award of a Teaching Qualification in Further Education by the Scottish Government and the General Teaching Council of Scotland.

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Location

Start date

Online

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

+ All applicants must be employed in a tertiary institution and hold a minimum teaching contract of 120 hours during the time you complete the programme. Your application must be supported by your employing institution as, under the National Bargaining Agreement NJNC 03/18, lecturers taking a TQFE programme must be allocated 150 hours of study time across the two semesters involved. You must agree this with your employer prior to commencing the programme
+ You must meet the nomination conditions above and hold a degree in your subject area
+ An honours degree is preferred. Applications will be considered from those holding an ordinary degree with relevant practice experience

+ One of 7 UHI postgraduate courses to achieve a perfect 100% overall student satisfaction score (2025 PTES)
+ The programme is fully online, allowing you to fit your studies around your professional and personal commitments
+ You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the sector, from different colleges and subject areas
+ You will carry out reflective enquiry in your workplace
+ Successful completion of the course will give you a teaching qualification to support your registration as a lecturer with the General Teaching Council for Scotland

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • Pedagogy
  • Tertiary
  • Professional Practice
  • Professionalism
  • College
  • University
  • College education
  • University education

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Course programme

PgCert

You will study the following core modules:

  • Curriculum and pedagogy (tertiary)
  • Professional practice (tertiary)
  • Professionalism (tertiary)

How will I study my course?

  • Part-time (structured)
  • You will study through supported online learning via the university's virtual learning environment (VLE). Activities and reading are supported with online seminars enabling discussion with tutors and peers

How long will my course last?

  • Part-time (structured): 1 year

Where can I study my course?

  • Argyll
  • Inverness
  • Moray
  • North, West and Hebrides
  • Orkney
  • Perth
  • Shetland
  • This fully online course can be studied from anywhere in Scotland. You will be enrolled and supported by staff across the university
  • If you are employed as a lecturer at a UHI partner, you should apply for a place on the programme at your current campus
  • If you are employed by a college that is not part of UHI, please apply to UHI Perth

Start date

  • September

Additional information

https://uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/pgcert-teaching-qualification-further-education/

PgCert Teaching Qualification Further Education

£ 3001-4000