Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PG.Cert.HE.)
Middlesex University Dubai
Key Information
Campus location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Part time
Tuition fees
AED 30,000 *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Jan 2025
* total fee
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Introduction
Middlesex University Dubai is pleased to offer higher education professionals the opportunity to gain an internationally recognized teaching qualification via its Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). Increasingly universities are requiring their teaching staff to have formal teaching qualifications in addition to their academic qualifications. The Middlesex PGCHE is a UK teaching qualification specifically designed for those working in higher education. The UK Higher Education Authority (H.E.A.) Professional Standards Framework (P.S.F.) has been embedded into the program design, and those who complete the program are able to become Fellows of the H.E.A.
Throughout the program, you will be provided with opportunities to consider, along with your peers, the efficacy of different approaches to supporting students’ learning, assessment practices, course design, and the links between teaching and research. Additionally, the program will enable you to engage in debates about current and relevant issues in higher education practice while critically reflecting upon your own practices.
Why choose the Middlesex University Dubai PGCert HE?
The central aim of this program is to promote the professional development of teaching and learning in a predominantly higher education environment. Participants will be assisted to reflect and think critically and constructively about their practice as facilitators of learning in order to develop as confident, effective, professional higher education practitioners who can employ a wide range of contemporary educational practices to promote and enhance the learning of their students.
The program will encourage and assist participants by:
- Enhancing their ability to understand how people learn in order to create effective learning environments.
- Supporting their development of critical inquiry into the professional and ethical practices of teaching and learning.
- Promoting the development of effective, student-centered communities of learning and practice.
- Fostering an inclusive approach to working with diversity within the student body.
- Engaging them in the practice of continuing reflection on and evaluation of their own professional practice.
- Guiding participants in the development of an informed scholarly approach to the continuing professional development of their practice.
Course Highlights
- The course is designed to enhance your existing teaching through reflective pedagogy
- Following the completion of the PGCert HE, students will earn 60 credits at the Masters level and be eligible to progress onto the MA Higher Education Programme
- The UK Higher Education Authority (H.E.A.) Professional Standards Framework (P.S.F.) has been embedded into the program design, and those who complete the program are able to become Fellows of the H.E.A.
Mode of Study Options: It is expected that by September 2021 we will have In-person classes and these could be supported by an online element. It is too early to commit to a 100% Online at present as it will depend on the Health & Safety situation and KHDA permissions. We can say at present that if the Health & Safety situation warrants it there could be a 100% online along with in-person classes.
Admissions
Curriculum
Program Content
This is a 60-credit postgraduate program that is run part-time for over 1 year. There are 4 modules that involve a mix of compulsory face-to-face and online teaching sessions.
Completion of the 60 credits will allow entry to year 2 of the M.A. Higher Education
Module breakdown
The program consists of four 15 credit modules and the list of modules that make up our program will be found in the appendices within the program specification.
- LED4011 - Pedagogy in Higher Education (15 Credits) - Compulsory
- LED4012 - Psychology of Learning in Higher Education (15 Credits) - Compulsory
- LED4013 - Pedagogy and Practice in Higher Education (15 Credits) - Compulsory
- LED4010 - Philosophy and Policy of Higher Education (15 Credits) - Compulsory
Teaching
Class timings and attendance
Taught sessions are held in an intensive block format with a number of full-day teaching sessions (usually 9:30 am to 4 pm) for each module during the term time. The taught sessions are usually held on a Saturday, and attendance is compulsory at all sessions. The timetables will be issued with specific dates before the start of each term.
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