PG Cert Education Practice

Course details

On this course you will be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students.

Confirmation of your start start date will be sent by the admissions team.

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Core units

Principles of Learning & Teaching in Higher Education: This unit focuses on the theory and practice of learning and teaching in higher education. You will be equipped to understand and support your own students' learning experience through investigating theories and methods of supporting learning, teaching and assessment. You will be encouraged to move beyond generic theories in order to develop approaches with have disciplinary specificity.
The Contexts of Higher Education Practice: Through addressing the contexts for higher education, including national and institutional levels, this unit will provide opportunities for you to investigate and understand the impact of political, social, economic, global, technological and institutional factors on your educational practice. You will identify a particular area for investigation, relate the research to the evidence, and consider possible developments in the future.
Developing & Reflecting on Higher Education Practice: This unit is designed to enable you to engage in a continuous process of reflection on, and development of, your own professional practice. Reflection is a valuable way of dealing with difficult or challenging situations, it is a way of exploring and explaining events, revealing anxieties and weaknesses, as well as identifying successes and strengths. Ultimately it is designed to provide ways of understanding the past and present in order to develop more effective ways of being and acting in the future.

Programme specification

Programme specifications provide definitive records of the university’s taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.

Your application

How and when to apply

There is no application deadline for this course. However, if you will need a visa to come to the UK to study, think carefully about the length of time it will take for your visa application to be processed and make sure your visa will be ready in time for the beginning of your course.

Click the green ‘Apply now’ button to submit your application free of charge online through myHub, our application portal. You will create your own myHub account so that you can track the progress of your application. Don’t forget to save your application as you go; you can return to it at as many times as you want before you submit it. For more information visit our How to apply section.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements

International entry requirements

You can find details of the international qualifications we accept, and what level of study they apply to, on our entry requirements for non-UK students' page.

Please see below some examples of the qualifications for entry:

China: 学士学位 (Bachelor degree) with a minimum of 70% overall
India: Bachelor’s degree (4 years) from a recognised HE institution with a minimum overall result of 60% or second division
Nigeria: Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution with a minimum classification of 2:1
Thailand: Thai Bachelor's (Honours) degree from a recognised higher education institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0
Turkey: Bachelor’s degree (Lisans Diplomasi - four years) with a minimum overall GPA of 2.7/4.0
Vietnam: Bachelor's degree/Bang tot nghiep dai hoc with an average score of 75/10, or a Master’s degree/Thac si.

All applications will be subject to a minimum grade and your degree may need to be in a relevant subject area.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements for this course are normally:

IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in each component of speaking, listening and reading, or equivalent.

View further information about our English language requirements.

Bournemouth University International College offers a number of pre-sessional English and preparatory programmes to prepare international students for postgraduate study at BU. Admission to the degree is guaranteed on successful completion of your course to the required level.

Costs and fees

No hidden extras

What’s included in your tuition fee?

Your tuition fee covers expenses associated with your course including tuition materials, access to facilities, mandatory field trips and the following:

Materials for laboratory and mandatory field-based teaching activity
A range of student services – advisors, help desks, counsellors, placement support and careers service
The Library – access to a wide range of electronic resources (databases, e-journals and e-books), print and multimedia collections, subject librarians and study spaces
Access to Brightspace, our virtual learning environment, which offers a responsive and personalised learning experience with powerful learning analytics capacbilities, integrated social media and advanced video features
IT labs (some open 24/7), wireless network, AV equipment to borrow
Disability and additional learning support
The BU Language Centre to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills
24 hours a day, 365 days a year security team.

Costs of living and other expenses you need to consider

Additional costs

We are committed to offering you value for money and ensuring there are no hidden costs while you are studying with us, therefore we have listed below any additional costs you may incur that are not covered by your tuition fee:

Laptops, tablets, mobile devices and any software and any software used on personal devices. Access to a personal computer is strongly recommended for your study. If you are experiencing financial difficulty, visit our website for information regarding BU financial support funds.
Accommodation and living costs. Our accommodation price guide can be found on our website.
Travel costs, outdoor wear and footwear for optional field trips
Text books, general stationery and other supplies. Our award-winning library is stocked with a large range of text books and online resources, free of charge. The Students’ Union shops stock a wide range of stationery supplies on both campuses
SportBU membership
To gain the additional Advanced HE accreditation, you must successfully complete the PGCert Educational Practice and be working at an accredited organisation. Where this is not possible, Advanced HE accreditation will costs an additional £200.

Repeat units

Deposits

International (non-EU) students need to pay a non-refundable £2,000 deposit to secure their place on a postgraduate course. You will need to pay your deposit by the date stated in your offer letter. The remainder of your fee will be payable on registration/enrolment. There are two exceptions to the non-refundable rule on the deposit:

You fail to meet the academic or English requirements of your offer
You are refused a visa to enter the UK, provided the reason for the refusal is not a fraudulent application.

Financial help available from BU

Further study

Research is fundamental to the development and delivery of Higher Education. At BU we recognise this, and place research at the core of our activities. You can find out more about our research themes online.

Such is our commitment to research that we have over 200 students studying for a research degree at BU. They are all members of the Doctoral College and are undertaking projects that will make a real difference in tomorrow’s world.

To find out more about the subject areas for research, visit our doctoral research pages.

Our staff

On this course you will be taught by staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This could include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners and research students, many of whom are actively engaged in research and/or professional practice which is integrated into the teaching of this course. Please note that staff can change.

Anne Quinney – Senior Lecturer in Practice Development

Dr Gelareh Roushan - Associate Professor

Dr Gelareh Roushan successfully completed her PhD titled: Role of Information Systems Specialists in Business Process Re-engineering. Her industry background is in the financial sector prior to entering academia. She has over 25 years experience in Higher Education and she has held leadership positions through most of her career.

Following her previous roles including Deputy Dean for Education and Director of accreditation in the Business School, where she led successful AACSB accreditation. Gelareh is Associate Professor in Marketing and has recently been appointed as Bournemouth University's Head of Centre for Excellence in Learning. Her previous senior posts have included Head of Department, Associate Dean for Education, Head of Programmes and Director of MBA. Her other responsibilities have included, Chair of Technology Enhanced Learning Strategy, Forum for the University, Project Sponsor for Vision for Learning and co-Chair of the Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment Team.

Gelareh has been serving on the Board of United Kingdom Academy for Information Systems for over 12 years and she also serves as a 'volunteer' for AACSB International. She works with other UK universities as External Examiner including Doctoral examination and programme validation, her responsibilities include Transnational Education.

Gelareh's area of research is in Innovation Science and she has published and presented on digital solutions to meet emerging business and educational requirements for over 20 years. More recently, her area of research has been in Medtech innovation diffusion and development of a new Surgical Innovation Framework, in collaboration with the National Health Service.

View Dr Gelareh Roushan's staff profile

Dr Mark Readman - Principal Academic In Media Education

Dr Martyn Polkinghorn - Education Excellence Theme Leader

Course changes

Changes for 2021 entry

Date	Changes to this course
22/06/2021	Where the change was made: Key information and Course details Change: January intake added, course delivery changed to online. New course units: Principles of Learning & Teaching in Higher Education; The Contexts of Higher Education Practice; Developing & Reflecting on Higher Education Practice Previous text: Course units removed: Investigating Education Practice; Enhancing Education Practice; Scholarship for Professional Development
25/09/2020	Where the change was made: Course details and Accreditation Information Change: Automatic Higher Education Academy (HEA) fellowship and registration of Teacher Status with the Nursing and Midwfiery Council (NMC) removed. Previous text: Successful completion of the PGCert leads automatically to Higher Education Academy (HEA) fellowship and registration of Teacher Status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Successful completion of all three units leads to Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. For nurses and midwives, completion of the three units will enable you to register for the Nursing & Midwifery Council Teacher standard.

Date

Changes to this course

22/06/2021

Where the change was made: Key information and Course details
Change: January intake added, course delivery changed to online. New course units: Principles of Learning & Teaching in Higher Education; The Contexts of Higher Education Practice; Developing & Reflecting on Higher Education Practice
Previous text: Course units removed: Investigating Education Practice; Enhancing Education Practice; Scholarship for Professional Development

25/09/2020

Where the change was made: Course details and Accreditation Information
Change: Automatic Higher Education Academy (HEA) fellowship and registration of Teacher Status with the Nursing and Midwfiery Council (NMC) removed.
Previous text: Successful completion of the PGCert leads automatically to Higher Education Academy (HEA) fellowship and registration of Teacher Status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Successful completion of all three units leads to Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. For nurses and midwives, completion of the three units will enable you to register for the Nursing & Midwifery Council Teacher standard.

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General entry requirements

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Costs and fees

No hidden extras

Costs of living and other expenses you need to consider

Repeat units

Deposits

Financial help available from BU

Further study

Our staff

Anne Quinney – Senior Lecturer in Practice Development

Dr Gelareh Roushan - Associate Professor

Dr Mark Readman - Principal Academic In Media Education

Dr Martyn Polkinghorn - Education Excellence Theme Leader

Course changes

Changes for 2021 entry

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Course details

Core units

Programme specification

Your application

How and when to apply

Entry requirements

General entry requirements

International entry requirements

Costs and fees

No hidden extras

Costs of living and other expenses you need to consider

Repeat units

Deposits

Financial help available from BU

Further study

Our staff

Anne Quinney – Senior Lecturer in Practice Development

Dr Gelareh Roushan - Associate Professor

Dr Mark Readman - Principal Academic In Media Education

Dr Martyn Polkinghorn - Education Excellence Theme Leader

Course changes

Changes for 2021 entry