1. Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching
in Higher Education
Academic Enhancement Unit

2. Today
0930 – 0945 Introductions - clickers
0945 – 1005 Hope fears and expectations
1005 – 1030 LJMU Student experience
1030 – 1050 Break
1050 – 1110 Structure of the programme
1110 – 1145 Assessment tasks
1145 – 1200 Any questions?
1200 – 1230 Lunch
1200 – 1300 What makes a good HE teacher? Support

3. Themes
Teaching
Hope
Time
Expect
Feel
Support

4. Teaching ‘gain some valuable and useful methods for teaching’
‘that it will make me a better teacher’
‘I will be more adventurous with my teaching and hopefully better
at reaching a larger number of students’
Hope ‘closer network of colleagues across a variety of disciplines, who
will encourage me and also act as critical friends’
Time ‘My fears are successfully organising my time to manage the work
load’
‘am concerned about being able to balance the demands of a new
role and complete the PGCE at the same time’
Expect ‘expect to be learning from fellow lecturers’
Feel ‘feel intimidated by the knowledge that my teaching will be
assessed’
Support ‘Good support and guidance.’
‘being fair in assessing students, and therefore I am looking for
guidance in this area’

5. Course aim
Develop practical skills, theoretical understanding and critical
perspectives necessary to carry professional role
Professional values
Higher Education Academy
Staff and Educational Development Association p.8
Peer Learning Groups
Discipline based collaborative learning – motivation and support
Work based support
 ‘critical friend’
 support the teaching observation process

6. Course structure
Modules
Part one Part two
7001PCLTHE 7002PCLTHE 7003PCLTHE 7004PCLTHE 7005PCLTHE
Award Learning, Learning, Observation of Design for Pedagogic
Teaching and Teaching and practice in HE learning in the research and
Assessing in HE Assessing in HE 5 credits HE context evaluation
20 credits (NMC) 20credits 20 credits 15 credits
PG Certificate
Learning and
   
teaching in HE
PG Certificate
Learning and
   
teaching in HE
NMC route
Certificate in
Professional
1 1 
Development
LTA in HE
1Either 7001PCLTHE or 7002PCLTHE

7. Course structure
Modules
Semester 1
Part one Semester 2
Part two
7001PCLTHE 7002PCLTHE 7003PCLTHE 7004PCLTHE 7005PCLTHE
Award Learning, Learning, Observation of Design for Pedagogic
Teaching and Teaching and practice in HE learning in the research and
Assessing in HE Assessing in HE 5 credits HE context evaluation
20 credits (NMC) 20credits 20 credits 15 credits
PG Certificate
Learning and
   
teaching in HE UK Professional Standards Framework: Descriptor 2 Fellow FHEA
PG Certificate
Learning and
UK Professional Standards Framework: Descriptor 2 Fellow FHEA
   
teaching in HE
NMC route
Certificate in
Professional UK Professional Standards
1 1 
Development Framework: Descriptor 1 Fellow AHEA
LTA in HE
1Either 7001PCLTHE or 7002PCLTHE

8. Programme timetable
17th Oct Appraising teaching Jackie Gresham Clare Milsom
Listen to PLG good learning experiences
24th Oct PLG
Video, papers and comments on blog
31st Oct Active learning Clare Milsom and Martyn Stewart
Complete Academic Framework quiz
7th Nov Assessing for learning Mantz Yorke and Phil Carey
14th Nov PLG
Complete feedback survey
21st Nov Feedback Sally Brown and Sarah Nixon
28th Nov PLG
5th Dec Political economy of HE Phil Carey
Critical issue blog
12th Dec Critical writing and thinking Martyn Stewart

9. Assessment
Task (split between groups)
In groups read through the designated assessment
tasks and prepare a very BRIEF summary of it for the
other groups.
Make a note of any questions you may have.
20 minutes
10 minutes feedback