Program Overview

Academic Practice PgCert

Course Overview

This course has been designed to support your development as a lecturer new to teaching across the Higher Education spectrum. It provides an opportunity to reflect critically upon your emerging role as part of your institution, to deconstruct challenges to effective learning and teaching and to draw on theory as well as feedback from others – including your students. The design of the course ensures that it is both challenging and enjoyable in equal measures and relevant to your developing professional needs and interests.

Course Options

• Part Time (18 months)

Course Details

• Study type: Part Time
• Course length: 18 Months
• Campus: City Campus, Gloucester
• UCAS Code: N/A

Course Modules

• Critical Reflections: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PD7026)
  • This module will focus on what practice looks like and feels like for someone new to teaching in HE. It will explore key features of a successful learning and teaching episode and factors that can inhibit this.
  • Assessment: 2 formally assessed observations, 3500-word critical reflective piece
• Enhancing Approaches to Practice: Learning and teaching in Higher Education (PD7027)
  • This module aims to support the learner in developing a deeper understanding of their developing role as an academic.
  • Assessment: 25-minute Professional Discussion
• Transforming Professional Practice: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PD7028)
  • This module will build on module PD7026 and PD7027 as the learner now considers their wider professional role.
  • Assessment: 2500-word equivalent collation of evidence with brief justifications

Entry Requirements

• Honours degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Experience in a role that has responsibility for teaching and/or student learning in Higher Education
• Suitability declaration
• English Language or Literature and Maths Grade 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent)

Fees and Costs

• For students employed by institutions other than the University of Gloucestershire, an additional fee, levied by Advance HE, will be charged for the award of Fellowship.
• Start date | Location | Course code | Fee (UK) | Total fee | Fee (international) | Total fee
  • Jan 2026 | City Campus, Gloucester | — | £2,830 | £5,980
  • Jan 2027 | City Campus, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC

Teaching Staff

• Debbie Reel, Academic Course Leader for Academic Practice

School of Education and Science

• Work with leading practitioners, coaches, and professionals in specialist environments where you will develop your skills and gain real-world experience.