The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Teaching, Learning & Assessment in Higher Education is a 30 ECTS one-year, part-time programme. It aims to enhance the professional practice of those who teach in higher education by providing high-level, scholarly, and practice-based professional development to develop expertise in teaching, learning and assessment. It will equip participants with a range of skills, competencies, insights and capacities to bring the highest quality teaching, learning and assessment experiences to their students, while also managing and progressing their own scholarly careers.

 

?The programme has a focus on engagement in best practice in teaching, learning and assessment and application of theory. The UL graduate attributes are fully incorporated and weaved into the programme. Throughout the programme, participants have lectures incorporating interactivity to promote a high level of acquisition and collaboration as well as a significant level of engagement with the material outside scheduled sessions, including working on activities on Brightspace. In addition, participants will engage in reflective practice and develop their own views, strategies, innovations and enhancements for their teaching, learning and assessment and be able to articulate these clearly. Participants will be required to be proactive and self-directed in their use of time and approaches.

 

The programme includes exploration of teaching identity, teaching philosophy, learning theories and their application to inclusive curriculum design in online, blended and in-person/face-to-face learning environments. It also supports critical reflection on practice as part of a community of scholars to encourage a lifelong commitment to continuing professional development.