Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Support

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Support provides the opportunity for staff involved in teaching and supporting student learning to engage in a programme that improves their professional practice. The course aims to:

• Enable participants to develop knowledge and skills that can be used in the process of teaching and supporting learning.
• Ensure that practice is informed by clear set of professional values.
• Enable participants to relate theory to practice.
• Promote reflective practice.

Modules

The course consists of three modules:

CPD4550 Teaching and Learning Support in Higher Education [20 credits]
This module provides an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in teaching and learning.  

CPD4551 Designing, Developing and Enhancing the Higher Education Student’s Experience [20 credits]
This module provides an understanding of the role of curriculum design, quality enhancement and widening participation in enhancing the student experience of higher education. 

CPD4552 Enhancing Student Learning through Evidence-Informed Practice [20 credits]
This module covers topics that will enable participants to design and implement a small scale research project to inform their practice.

Organisation

The course commences in January each year and the taught element runs for one calendar year. There is a combination of face-to-face sessions and on-line support. Taught sessions run on a fortnightly basis (for more details see Programme for January 2011 [PDF]

Assessment is by coursework. This culminates in the submission of a practice-based research paper for CPD4552. This is submitted by June following completion of the taught component of the programme.   

For more details see the Programme Specification [PDF] or contact:
Dr. Paul Greenbank
E-mail: greenbap@edgehill.ac.uk

Registration Form for Postgraduate Programme (doc) This is also available from the Teaching and Learning Development Unit based in the LINC Building, Ormskirk or from Professional Development based in Woodlands, Chorley.

Students are entitled to up to 20 credits exemption from modules on the basis of past qualifications and experience.  See AP(E)L Form (doc)