Overview

On completion of the programme, participants will be enabled to

Enhance their understanding of the academic career and academic life. 

• Develop critical insights on current Higher Education policy and practice in the Republic of Ireland.
• Explore issues of ethics and values in relation to teaching, learning and research in Higher Education. 
• Develop and enhance teaching, communication and feedback skills.
• Complete an intensive and extensive writing programme, target publications, learn how to respond to reviewers' comments and prepare a significant piece of academic writing for publication.
• Design, teach, assess and evaluate a coherent unit of study for undergraduate or graduate students drawing on a range of models of teaching and learning and drawing on a range of models in curriculum theory. 
• Acquire key skills for reflecting on their own practice as academics and learn to contribute in structured and effective ways to the peer evaluation of others.
• Broaden their range of research skills to include those appropriate for the study of academic practice including ethnography, surveys, action research and case study.
• Evaluate the implementation of curriculum change in the context of support at institutional level for syllabus, pedagogy and assessment.

Contact Details

Department of Education and Professional Studies
Course Director Dr Patricia Mannix McNamara
Tel: + 353-61-202722
Email: patricia.m.mcnamara@ul.ie

Graduate Profile

Academic posts in institutions of Higher Education such as universities and Institutes of Technology.

Programme Content

Entry Requirements

1. Applicants will be normally expected to hold at least a 2.2 Primary Honours degree or equivalent in any discipline

2. Experience of at least three years in an academic post in Higher Education. Applicants who do not meet requirements 1 and 2 may be considered individually

3. Applicants must complete a satisfactory interview.  It is expected that candidates will have the support of their academic departments or faculties.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than  two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:

• Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved
• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.