Teaching In Higher Education

The PgCertHE is designed for practitioners delivering on higher education programmes across HE and FE institutions. It offers development in Learning and Teaching in the modern HE environment as well as introducing participants to a wide range of approaches meeting the Enabled Active Learning and Universal Design for Learning USW guidelines.

Entry Requirements; International Students; Contextual offers; Ask a question; Typical qualification requirements: The course welcomes applications from both USW academic staff and also college-based HE staff within the USW partner college network. For entry to the PgCertHE, successful applicants will need to hold a level 6 qualification in their teaching subject area. A minimum of 4 teaching hours/week across the duration of the course is required. Applicants would be new to HE learning and teaching; typically with less than 4 years of teaching experience in HE. Applications are welcomed from both fractional staff and also substantive Hourly Paid Lecturers that fulfil the above requirements. A USW academic with a fractional contract of less than 0.4FTE is able to access the first module of the course, Planning for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. This will enable them to apply for and claim AFHEA upon successful completion. Additional Requirements: Applicants will need to have synchronous teaching with interactions with students across the duration of the modules. Support to attend the course will also be required from the respective Head of Subject/Line Manager. How to apply International applications welcomed: We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence please view our dedicated country pages. It is noted that both USW and college-based HE applicants that qualify as an international applicant will undertake a Right to Study process during the application stage, which is standard across all USW programmes. This is a separate process to the HE Right to Work process. English language requirements International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent. Equivalents can be located on...

IELTS 6.0

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