Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education

The programme aims to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to plan and deliver services within the dynamic context of professional practice by enabling the student to:

• Develop their professional expertise and political awareness through critical reflection on their practice as educators.
• Synthesise and evaluate new theoretical and practice-based knowledge which contributes to professional and service development within their sphere of practice.

Students accessing this programme will normally hold a relevant first degree (2:2 or above). Consideration will be given to applicants who have extensive experience and can demonstrate that they have the equivalent 'graduate level' skills by virtue of this experience. International students must demonstrate competence in English language through IELTS 6.5 (with minimum 6.0 in all components) or equivalent. It may be possible to have previous learning recognised within this programme up to 30 credits.

In order to successfully complete the assessments for this programme, you need to be employed in an education/learning and development role within an organisational workplace setting.

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Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this programme the successful student will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the key concepts supporting professional roles in education.
2. Critically examine the legal, ethical and professional issues associated with these roles.
3. Critically evaluate contemporary assessment and learning theory.

On completion of this programme the successful student will be able to:

1. Facilitate transformational learning in self and others through critical reflection.
2. Critically analyse and propose solutions to practice based problems using theoretical concepts to support the process.
3. Critically evaluate new knowledge in relation to the development and improvement of services.
4. Critically apply a range of assessment methods to identify the needs of individuals or groups within the scope of their role. 
5. Select and evaluate a range of teaching, learning and assessment methods to facilitate learning and development. 
6. Critically apply the tools that are available to support personal and professional development and to support those of other adult learners.

The fees for this qualification are £3,600 per academic year. Applicants may be sponsored by their employer to undertake this Post Graduate qualification.

It is strongly recommended that all successful applicants have access to employer study leave, and attendance for the taught sessions is compulsory.

All students studying this programme will already be employed in workplace settings.

This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University but is designed and delivered at and by TGI University Centre. You will receive a Middlesex award on successful completion.

This PG Cert can also support professionals to apply for Fellowship with Advance HE, if working in higher education.