Academic Practice MA AP, PGDAP, PGCAP - Online Course

University of Liverpool Online

Develop your academic practice and gain global perspectives on higher education with this professional postgraduate teaching qualification designed to enhance your career in higher education.What is academic practice?Academic practice is the term used to define any work that uncovers, researches, and teaches information, knowledge and learning materials. Academic practitioners include researchers, higher education and university lecturers, professors, teachers, analysts, librarians, and academic laboratory technicians - their contributions go toward providing students in higher education with a better standard of knowledge within their field. About the programme: Our online academic practice programme benefits students from diverse backgrounds by providing those with or without prior experience teaching in higher education (HE) an opportunity to develop their academic practice, academic leadership, and scholarship-related knowledge and skills to enhance their careers and support students’ learning.There are three study awards for the programme – starting with the Postgraduate Certificate Academic Practice (PGCAP) and progressing to the Postgraduate Diploma Academic Practice (PGDAP) and full Master of Arts Academic Practice (MA AP). Career prospects: The PGCAP programme design is aligned to the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF). Participants who meet the admission requirement of holding a substantive higher education role that enables them to demonstrate Descriptor 2 of the UKPSF are eligible to take Pathway Two of the PGCAP which enables them to simultaneously gain a postgraduate certificate and professional recognition as Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)The PGDAP enables participants to develop knowledge and skills relevant to academic leadership and scholarship. Participants with relevant experience leading teaching and supporting learning in higher education will be able to draw on their learning from the Postgraduate Diploma Academic Practice in direct applications to Advance HE for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.The MA AP enables participants to develop employability skills to enhance their teaching careers in higher education in the UK and around the world. The authentic assessments throughout the programme are relevant to higher education and will enable participants to develop their academic practice, leadership and scholarship.