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Postgraduate Certificate - PGCert
Uxbridge Campus
Part Time
Jan 2027
1 Year
This course will help you to develop the essential skills to successfully support learning and teaching in contemporary professional contexts. You'll have the opportunity to tailor learning to your individual environment and graduate with a recognised postgraduate qualification that allows for further study or professional recognition. While studying with us, you'll have opportunities to reflect on and showcase your practice in the workplace. This ‘real life’ aspect of the programme ensures that your studies support your continued professional development in a way that's relevant to your role and professional aspirations.
This module explores the theory and practice underpinning inclusive approaches to learning, teaching, and assessment, with a particular focus on the planning and design of learning experiences, and how these inform effective practice in teaching and/or supporting learning.You will begin by evaluating your existing knowledge, skills, and values in relation to what it means to be a professional within your specific context. The module offers an opportunity to identify and define meaningful pathways for progression, aligned with your individual needs and career aspirations.You will also develop your professional practice and learn how to articulate your application of a range of relevant professional competencies.
This module helps you to reflect on the impact of inclusive practice on learners and learning. We’ll encourage you to consider methods for evaluating effective practice as well as critically engaging with quality assurance and enhancement policy and practice. You’ll also reflect critically on aspects of your practice via a Plan-Do-Review project.
This module enables you to bring together prior learning and experience to showcase excellence as education professionals in practice. You’ll reflect critically on your professional context and how these inform your practice in conjunction with opportunities for CPD. We’ll also provide opportunities for you to develop and articulate your practice.