PG Cert Professional and Academic Learning in Education

This Postgraduate Certificate is intended for current or future educators who want to advance their professional understanding of education and their academic abilities. The program covers the key subjects, methods, and practices in education, including curriculum design, teaching strategies, and assessment approaches. Participants will gain a deeper knowledge of how people learn, how to foster a positive learning environment, and how to support students' academic success. This certification can help teachers and educators enhance their professional credentials and make them more competitive in the work market.

Additional Information

This program is suitable for current or aspiring teachers, academics, and education professionals seeking to improve their expertise and knowledge of educational practice. The course is also open to students who want to switch careers in education but lack the necessary credentials or experience. Participants will benefit from the support of experienced educators and academics during the program, as well as access to resources and facilities at Newman University.

Advance Your Professional Career in Education at Newman University

Newman University is a respected institution with a long history of excellence in education. The university offers a variety of academic programs and research opportunities that can help participants advance their professional goals. Participants will benefit from the university's excellent resources, including cutting-edge facilities, world-class faculty, and a diverse student body. Additionally, Newman University is situated in a pleasant and secure area that provides easy access to cultural and recreational events.

This Postgraduate Certificate addresses the career development needs of the broad spectrum of education professionals who wish to progress and develop their skills within the field of learning and teaching.

Its key aim is to grow course members as purposeful and effective education practitioners who will make a positive difference in their work settings and wider society over the course of their working lives. It comprises two year-long modules; Learning, Teaching and Assessment, and Change Management.

The program is an experiential work-based learning program and course members are expected to be able to draw on their experience in discussion sessions. They should be able to feed ideas from the course back into their practice to generate evidence of advancing professional practice. The development of course members as effective, reflective, and questioning practitioners through this cycle of drawing on practice and feeding back into practice is vital to the course and enables colleagues to further develop their capacity to study and learn independently for the rest of their professional lives.

Our Postgraduate provision will be run online, with some face-to-face tutorials where required. The on-campus elements will vary depending on each tutor and will be discussed with students beforehand.

An Honours degree in a relevant subject area from a UK university or an overseas university agreed by NARIC as equivalent and subject to IELTS and EU requirements. Consideration will be given to students with lower-level qualifications who have a relevant range of professional experience. The professional experience that equates to degree level will be considered by the Course coordinator. If some non-graduates are to be considered pre-entry tasks will be considered and used at the coordinator’s discretion.

20 Hours per week.