Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)
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Develop the expertise to support you within your role in both digital and face-to-face teaching and learning contexts.
Engage with your peers and scholarship and develop as a creative, confident, competent and committed practitioner, able to learn from both your own work and examples of best practice.
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.
The PGCHE has been designed in consultation with education professionals and external bodies for professional teaching and learning practice, such as the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
You will:
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As the sector places more and more emphasis on the student experience, effective teaching and learning practice is taking centre stage.
This creates a need for both academics and support staff that are confident and qualified in the teaching they deliver.
You may be:
Reflect on and develop different areas of your practice in teaching and/or supporting learning in Higher Education (HE).
Investigate and apply a range of theories, concepts and practices of planning teaching, learning and assessment that are current in HE.
Be introduced to key areas of activity, knowledge and professional values commonly viewed as important (e.g. by professional recognition bodies such as the UK HEA) for practitioners working to support student learning in HE.
Through online and offline activities, learning-by-doing, preparatory readings and reflective discussion, share your experience in supporting student learning.
Demonstrate your understanding of pedagogy in your own teaching context, incorporating perspectives from sector and subject scholarship into your evaluation and development of your practice.
Further explore and develop the ways in which you can support student learning, especially via online and a mixture of blended learning environments.
Learn from your peers and share your practice and experience of supporting learning in different environments. Discuss the relative advantages and challenges for learning offered by these.
Engage with and apply pedagogical learning theory and scholarship to your reflection on and development of your practice.
Engage with the design, implementation and evaluation of use of technology to enhance learning as part of a blended or online learning approach.
Engage in reflective discussion and generation of strategies for curriculum design for supporting flexible, inclusive learning in online and/or blended learning environments.
Evaluate and critically reflect on your practice and learning to inform your continuing professional development.
Benefits of learning online with us
• No visas or moving costs
• Access course from anywhere in the world
• Spend approx. 20-25 hours studying each week
• All course materials are available on demand
• Revise on the days and times that suit you best
• Course modules broken down into weekly
segments
• Fit studies around work, family and social life
• Support with non-academic queries from a
student adviser team
Earning a PGCHE is a great way to stand out from your colleagues and position yourself for a promotion or pursue a career change. Our postgraduates find employment or go onto further study, many of which go onto work in professional or managerial roles.
‘I was able to do some teaching work both online and in person at Falmouth University and as this was my first ever teaching experience it was invaluable.’
-Managing Director, Gavin Reddin
Benefits of learning online with us
All applications are considered on an individual basis. You 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.
As part of the application process you will be asked to submit a description of your prior experience, motivations for studying the course and how you believe it will develop your career aspirations.
Within your application you will be expected to demonstrate sufficient previous and current practice in supporting student learning in Higher Education (HE). As a guideline, we expect applicants to be actively engaged in supporting student learning in HE for a minimum of 50 hours over the course’s duration, and be able to evidence this.
If your first language is not English, you’ll need to take one of the following tests to verify your proficiency:
We accept a number of additional English language qualifications as well.
Candidates without a degree or formal qualification are also encouraged to apply. If you have prior learning or experience with this subject, you may even be able to apply for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).
If you’re unsure whether you’re eligible to apply, please get in touch with our course adviser team for advice.
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