PG Cert Academic Practice

This course will aim to develop participants’ understanding of key aspects of academic practice in higher education, including the principles and processes of learning and teaching, and the various external and institutional factors impacting upon academic practice; to provide opportunities for participants to undertake research and scholarship in academic practice with a view to developing research-informed academic practice; to develop participants’ ability to undertake curriculum design and development, teaching, learning support, assessment and evaluation in higher education in order to enhance the student learning experience; to enable participants to reflect critically upon their academic practice and to plan their own continuing professional development.