PgC - Teaching and Learning in Professional and Higher Education

How you will learn

This programme is delivered as a fully online distance learning provision, enabling you to study flexibly around other commitments. This is supported by a range of tools accessed through our virtual learning environment Blackboard, where you will have access to a bespoke course page.

Throughout the course, there is an emphasis on supporting you to critically reflect on how the theory and research which you engage with might influence your own current and/or future practice. This helps to ensure that the learning you undertake through this programme has a 'real world' impact.

Our experienced tutor team will guide and support you to engage with a range of weekly learning activities via the virtual learning environment including exploring videos, images, podcasts and the opportunity to engage in webinars and discussion forums. The tutor team carefully curate an online learning community, to enable you to engage in learning experiences that are intellectually stimulating and enriching.

How you will be assessed

The focus of assessments undertaken during the course has been particularly designed to be relevant to the needs and interests of individual students, with an emphasis on the interaction between theory and practice.

You will be assessed through the successful completion of the three online masters-level modules: introduction to teaching, learning and assessment; researching academic practice; curriculum design and development.

The programme uses a range of assessment approaches including: academic poster and pitch, annotated bibliographies, curriculum design project work, peer assessment and feedback, self-assessment quizzes and critical reflections that draw on theory and research.

Career outcomes

This course will enhance your professional development as an educator whether you work in a higher education or professional higher education setting. It is well suited to practitioners who want to progress as an educator. You may work in a university, for the NHS, as a clinical educator, or with adult learners in a wide range of settings. It will equip you to become a critically reflective practitioner who places research-informed practice at the heart of your educational approach.

Tuition Fees

The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs.

Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

International Finance

At the University of Cumbria, we offer affordable tuition fees for international and EU students looking to study at one of our main four campuses. No matter your choice of course or career path, our International Team is here to support you.

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