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Course Details
Course Code(s):
GDTLSCTPAD
Available:
Part-Time
Intake:
Course Start Date:
September
Duration:
1 Year
Award:
Graduate Diploma
Faculty:
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Course Type:
Taught, Professional/Flexible
Fees:
For Information on Fees, see section below.
Contact(s):
Express Interest
Register your interest here for more information or to be notified when applications are open.
Brief Description
This programme provides high-level, scholarly, practice-based professional development for faculty to ensure competence in the areas of teaching, learning and scholarship within their professional contexts. It equips them with a range of skills, competencies, insights and capacities, which will ensure that they will bring the highest quality teaching and learning experiences to the students that they teach, while also managing and progressing their own scholarly careers.
This programme, resulting from an extensive programme review of the Specialist Diploma in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, has been developed in response to the National Professional Development Framework for mapping professional development in higher education from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. An exit point is offered at 21 credits with the award of Graduate Certificate in Teaching Learning and Scholarship.
This programme will provide high-level, scholarly, practice-based professional development for faculty to ensure competence in the areas of teaching, learning and scholarship within their professional contexts. It will equip them with a range of skills, competencies, insights and capacities, which will ensure that they will bring the highest quality teaching and learning experiences to the students that they teach, while also managing and progressing their own scholarly careers.
Programme Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Explore and apply the theory of learning, pedagogy, scholarship and innovation directly to teaching, learning, research and scholarly practice in higher education settings.
- Deliver high-quality teaching, reflection, articulation and feedback skills and apply them to their own research and teaching development and to the learning and development of their students across disciplines.
- Develop communication skills, interpersonal skills and confidence to provide valuable learning experiences for students.
- Demonstrate the capacity to adjust competencies to different kinds of higher education participants from the newest students to advanced research practitioners within a specific field.
- Generate a continued commitment to professional development as a teacher and researcher in a higher education context.
- Examine and evaluate areas where further learning and improved practice are needed.
- Develop an awareness of their own learning preferences and those of students within a particular setting.
- Demonstrate professional competence and engagement within the context of higher education.
- Be proactive in designing learning opportunities for students and innovative in the delivery of same based on an awareness and experience of the key pillars of their academic role.
For further information on the programme schedule, please click here.
This programme is structured over three semesters due to the interactive and practical nature of the modules and associated credit structures. It is planned to run two of the modules in advance of week 1 of the Autumn semester to allow the participants an opportunity to engage with the theory and practice at the most appropriate time before they begin their own teaching. Following the next two modules, which will be delivered during the Autumn semester, participants who wish to exit with the 21-credit Certificate in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship can do so. In terms of time commitment on the Certificate programme in the Autumn Semester, one module is blended and so there will be a maximum of 3 blocks of two/three days intensive teaching. Those continuing to complete the 60-credit award will complete four modules in the Spring semester. A summer school will take place in the third semester (summer), where participants will explore and engage in a 12-credit module on Contemporary Issues in Higher Education.
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Graduate Diploma in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in Higher Education (60 credits). |
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Summer Semester |
Exit at this point with Certificate (21 credits) |
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Masters of Arts in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in Higher Education (90 credits) |
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Content of modules can be found by using the search option on the book of modules
Teaching and Assessment
This programme will be delivered through a blended model of learning, with a focus on engagement in best practice and application of theory to the role of the academic. UL Graduate Attributes are fully incorporated and weaved into all modules within the programme. Throughout the programme, participants have lectures, interactive sessions and task-based plenary contact time, complemented by practical work throughout each module, thus encouraging a high level of acquisition and collaboration. Plenary contact time will comprise formal, interactive workshops, with a significant level of engagement with the material outside those scheduled sessions, including working on activities on the learning management system. Participants will be required to be proactive in their use of time and approaches. In addition, participants will engage in reflective practice throughout the programme and develop their own views, strategies, innovations and enhancements for their teaching, learning and scholarship and be able to articulate these clearly.
Contact time for each module will be condensed into blocks of two or three days (depending on module credit), supported subsequently by on-line interaction, task completion, portfolio development and peer-supported professional development. Self-directed work, academic writing and self-evaluation activities will also form part of the participants’ engagement on this programme. There will be a high level of collaboration throughout the various modules both through participation and assessment.
Faculty.
Contributing faculty will be drawn primarily from the Centre for Teaching and Learning and faculty from interdisciplinary areas. In addition, invited speakers from international universities will deliver key inputs on the programme.
Applicants must hold a second class honours primary degree (2.2) (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland). Applicants must be engaged in teaching in the higher or further education sector for the duration of the programme. Note: subject to the discretion of the course director an interview may form part of the selection process.
In the case of international students, the overseas equivalent as determined by the Course Team in consultation with UL Graduate School Admissions. Where candidates are non-native English language speakers, certified demonstrable achievement in a Standard English Language Competency Test will be required.
Please ensure that you provide evidence of the following in your application:
- Academic qualifications - Full degree transcript and certificates/awards
- Evidence of engagement in teaching in the higher or further education sector for the duration of the programme (letter from Head of Department confirming these teaching responsibilities)
- A brief personal statement outlining background and motivations for taking the course.
- If funded by an organisation external to UL provide confirmation of funding approval*
- Approval for dual registration, if currently registered on another programme in UL.
- Any requests for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) exemptions should be discussed with the Course Director at the point of entry. Clear justification of prior accredited/non-accredited qualifications should be provided, including an outline of how relevant learning outcomes have previously been achieved in the module(s) in question.
- If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided:
- English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts
AND - English language competency certificate
- English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts
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*UL applicants should complete the CTL Further Study Application Form which can be found here and submit to Alison O’Regan (alison.oregan@ul.ie) in HR and include it in your programme application.
EU - €4,396 per annum
Non- EU - €8,700 per annum
Further information on fees and payment of fees is available from the Student Fees Office website. All fee related queries should be directed to the Student Fees Office (Phone: +353 61 213 007 or email student.fees.office@ul.ie.)
*Employees at UL have the opportunity to avail of a fee waiver. Please see Graduate Diploma and Masters in Teaching Learning and Scholarship | University of Limerick (ul.ie) under ‘Fees’ for more details. External applicants and UL PhD Students are liable for full fees.
This programme will provide high-level, scholarly, practice-based professional development for faculty to ensure competence in the areas of teaching, learning and scholarship within their professional contexts. It will equip them with a range of skills, competencies, insights and capacities, which will ensure that they will bring the highest quality teaching and learning experiences to the students that they teach, while also managing and progressing their own scholarly careers.