Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Career Track: Associate Level

This information is for the 2015/16 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Claire Gordon (Teaching and Learning Centre)

Availability

New career track members of faculty with fewer than three years' teaching experience in higher education and who do not hold an equivalent teacher development qualification have been required since 2009 to take the Associate level Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education before passing Interim Review. Faculty members with teaching responsibilities who have completed their PhD and have at least two to three years' teaching experience may also take this programme.

Pre-requisites

As above.

Course content

This is a one year practice based course requiring participants to prepare a portfolio on their evolving teaching practice including:

• short written tasks on effective disciplinary teaching and student learning;
• a short project on evaluating teaching;
• the development of new and revised course designs;
• two teaching observations.

Participants are strongly encouraged to draw on their previous teaching experience both during discussions and in their assignments and to consider how this informs their teaching at LSE.

Teaching

In addition to the New Academic Induction Programme in September, participants have the opportunity to attend regular workshops offered as part of LSE's Academic Development Programme which explore different aspects of teaching and learning linked to assignments.

Assessment

Participants are required to submit a portfolio of their course work in either June or November which will be assessed. Successful candidates will be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education Associate level and are eligible for HEA accreditation at the Associate Fellow level.