Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE)

at University of Worcester

The programme aims to:
 

• provide an opportunity for participants to engage in accredited initial and continuing professional development in teaching and support of learning in HE
• enable participants to meet the requirements of the UKPSF (in either Associate or Fellow categories)
• provide support with higher education learning, teaching or assessment issue participants may face
• promote a student-centred approach to learning, teaching and assessment
• challenge and develop participants' learning, teaching and assessment practice
• increase understanding of the learning process so participants can make informed decisions about course design and choice of learning, teaching and assessment methods
• foster transformational reflective practice
• encourage participant engagement with systematic inquiry into professional practice
• support participants' development as skilled teachers of their discipline
• support participants' academic development as researchers and scholars
• encourage engagement with wider policy, strategy and quality considerations as they relate to the participants context
• enhance participants' intrapreneurship, professional development & career management

You will normally have the following:
 

• A first or second-class Honours Degree
• Current and ongoing experience of supporting the learning of HE students
• Current experience, or anticipated experience during the period of the programme, of curriculum and assessment design at HE level

Prior experience is valued on the PGCLTHE. Those course members who have the equivalent of three years of full-time experience in a related educational setting can claim accreditation of prior learning against a module towards the certificate.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.

This course will provide an opportunity for you to gain knowledge, understanding and capabilities in learning, teaching, assessment and academic practice, and will help you to develop clear professional values, understand learning and teaching in higher education and improve your practice in a reflective, scholarly and theoretically informed way.