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| Application Deadline: | An early application is advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,599 - | ||
| Location: | Cheltenham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Start Date: | September | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
The Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education aims to develop students’ understanding of academic practice in higher education, including the principles and processes of teaching and learning and the various external and institutional factors impacting upon academic provision and practice.
Opportunities are provided for students to explore research and scholarship in academic practice with in order to help them to develop research informed teaching. Teaching will be assessed in the workplace.
Course content includes curriculum design and development, teaching and supporting learning, assessment and evaluation, all within a higher education context. Students are enabled to reflect critically on their own professional practice and to identify their development needs for the future.
60 credits awarded at Certificate Stage can be transferred onto the MEd in Higher Education programme. Please contact the course administration team for more information.
Some of our modules
* Introduction to Academic Practice in Higher Education
* Enhancing Academic Practice in Higher Education
Benefits
* The development of knowledge and critical understanding of the theories and practice of teaching in higher education
* Engagement with research into student learning
* One-to-one support from a work-based mentor
Career paths
Tutor in higher education
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testYou will need a good Honours Degree or similar professional qualification, and a teaching commitment in Higher Education
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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