Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education - Postgraduate Certificate/ Postgraduate Diploma

Enhance the quality of your teaching and progress your career in higher education  

This programme equips you with the skills and insights to deliver exceptional teaching, learning, and assessment at third level.  

Applicants should initially apply to the PGCert in Learning, Teaching and Assessment in HE.  

In the PGCert (Year 1), you’ll explore your teaching identity and philosophy, apply learning theories to inclusive curriculum design, and gain experience across online, blended, and face-to-face settings.   

In the PGDip (Year 2), you’ll also focus on transforming practice and developing as a transformative leader in higher education.  

The PGCert/PGDip in Learning, Teaching & Assessment is recognised at UL as a continuing professional development (CPD) activity enabling you to evidence teaching excellence. 

During this programme, you will

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the principles of curriculum design to inform planning for learning, teaching and assessment in on-campus and online environments.
• Engage in best practice in teaching, learning and assessment and application of theory.
• Explore teaching identity, teaching philosophy, learning theories and their application to inclusive curriculum design.
• Engage in reflective practice and develop your own views, strategies, innovations and enhancements for teaching, learning and assessment.
• Students who achieve a 2:2 result or higher at the end of year one are invited to progress to year two to complete the Postgraduate Diploma.