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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at University of Cambridge - UCAS

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Course summary

Who is the course designed for? The course is aimed at staff who teach and/or support learning of students who are studying at the University of Cambridge. Participants normally have at least three years’ experience of teaching and/or supporting students in higher education. The course assumes a significant amount of independent study, as well as active involvement in teaching and/or supporting learning during the course. The course is not normally open to PhD students. The course is designed so that participants are able to investigate aspects of teaching and learning that are particularly important to them. Some of the outcomes that are likely to arise from taking the course are:

  • Greater understanding of student engagement in higher education;
  • Increased confidence;
  • An ability to think creatively and from an evidence base, about how to improve education within and beyond your own practice.
Aims of the programme The course is designed to enable its participants to develop enquiry-based approaches to engaging with educational challenges and contributing to improvements in the education of students at Cambridge and at tertiary level more broadly. You will:
  • Develop your understanding of how students learn;
  • Extend your repertoire of teaching, learning and assessment methods; and
  • Develop a cogent personal philosophy of education drawing on understanding, use and critical awareness of educational research methods and reflective practice.
In doing so, you will develop practical understanding of how research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge about teaching and learning in higher education. The programme is also designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary discussion of teaching, learning and assessment.


Entry requirements

If you wish to apply to join the programme you must: teach and/or support learning of students who are studying at the University of Cambridge; have confirmed teaching and/or supporting the learning of student commitments at Cambridge during the course of the Postgraduate Certificate; normally have at least three years’ experience of teaching and/or supporting the learning of students in higher education; be able to attend all day-schools, tutorials and peer learning activities, as well as engage fully in online learning through the course VLE; be able to arrange your commitments so that you are able to undertake a significant amount of independent study during the course. The Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is in its seventh year and there are a limited number of places available. Applications will be accepted on the basis of (a) the quality of your application, (b) your commitment to attending all day-schools, tutorials and meeting all assessment deadlines and (c) balance and diversity within the programme cohort. The Institute’s decision is final. We do not currently accept participants who are not teaching/supporting the learning of University of Cambridge students.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at University of Cambridge - UCAS