Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Entry year:: 2024/25
Start date:: September
Study mode:: Part-time
Course duration:: 2 years
Campus:: Mount Pleasant

Course modules

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Further guidance on modules

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.

Core modules

Learning, Teaching and Assessment
30 credits

This module provides you with the opportunity to explore the range of teaching, learning and assessment strategies and technologies available and in use in HE contexts for use with a diverse range of students. It aims to:

develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required of HE teachers
draw upon theoretical knowledge of teaching and learning, and upon best academic practice, and asks you to apply this underpinning to your own subject context and teaching responsibilities
provide an opportunity to be observed by an experienced, trained observer from your work area

Optional Modules

Curriculum Design and Professional Inquiry
30 credits

This module, aimed at teaching professionals, develops a critical understanding of the context of professional practice in Higher Education. It enables you to:

critically explore theories and principles of good academic practice in course design, within the HE organisational context
understand issues in a professional context and evaluate and relate these issues in the context of wider theories and published research

Course tutors

Dr Philip Carey

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Career paths

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Fees and funding

Tuition Fees:

Home part-time per credit:: £44.40

Entry requirements

You will need:

Qualification requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

Candidates must be able to satisfy the LJMU and Faculty admissions requirements in one of the following ways (subject to availability of places) The programme team welcomes applications from staff who support learning in the HE sector. This includes permanent full and part-time lecturing staff; teaching assistants; staff in learner support roles; researchers with a substantive teaching role and colleagues from the FE or community/voluntary sectors who work on HE programmes. Applicants should be graduates or possess an equivalent qualification or its equivalence. This is not a pre-service award so it is not suitable for applicants who wish to enter HE teaching. The programme leader will advise on other, more appropriate routes for such applicants. Applicants should be in a teaching and learning role. To benefit from the programme and to enable them to meet the assessment requirements applicants should normally be working with students for 6 hours a week for the duration of the programme. The programme leader will discuss these requirements with applicants as appropriate. A CPD award is available for those with fewer teaching hours. Applicants must have formal support from their line manager. This support includes permission to attend the workshop sessions (except for AP(E)L candidates) and time for completion of the assessments. Applicants with existing nationally recognised teaching qualifications may apply for APL against modules 7006PCLTHE. A brief statement supporting the APL claim must be provided. Applicants who do not have English as their first language should have a 7.0 score on the International English Language Testing System or equivalent competence. Nursing and Midwifery applicants wishing to be placed on the NMC teacher register on completion of the award must: * be current registered practitioners with the NMC * have a minimum of three year's post-registration experience * be able to deliver a minimum of 360 hours of relevant teaching and assessing in practice and academic settings in higher education

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