Academic Practice

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE The programme is built around four phases of study. Phase 1 is initial professional development in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education and comprises three core courses. Phase 2 explores continuing professional development and comprises eight optional courses.

Phase 1: core courses Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Course Design in your Discipline Assessment and Feedback

Phase 2: optional courses Supervising Students Creative Pedagogies for Active Learning Debates in Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching Scholarship of Teaching and Learning I: designing a practice enquiry Scholarship of Teaching and Learning II: undertaking a practice enquiry Impact and Influence in Learning and Teaching Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Designing Online Education: MOOCs, micro-credentials and online, distance learning Intercultural Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Successful completion of all Phase 1 and two Phase 2 courses will result in the professional recognition as a RET Fellow, aligned against Descriptor 2 of the UKPSF. Phase 3 continues your learning journey. You will take five courses in total including the core ‘Approaches to educational enquiry’ course as well as four other courses drawn from the remaining Phase 2 and Phase 3 offerings.

Phase 3 (online) Core course Approaches to Educational Enquiry

Elective courses Contextualising your Educational Enquiry Analysing your Enquiry Data

Phase 4 requires the completion of a Masters project related to your own academic practice and is delivered by distance.

Masters Project in Academic Practice