Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning

This course invites university academics to examine their purpose, values and approaches to teaching and learning, enhance their practice as well as develop their careers. It balances theory from key research in learning and curriculum, with practical skills and strategies. Through a practice-based, dialogic approach participants engage in critical and self-directed inquiry as well as work collaboratively with colleagues, course teams, students, and professional practitioners to enable them to develop their professional judgment and scholarly teaching repertoire.

The aim of the course is to enable participants to develop a scholarly framework and a robust teaching repertoire. It is tailored to their unique teaching and learning environments to enhance student learning experiences, advance their academic career and evidence their impact. This course is offered by the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Unit through the School of International Studies and Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

This course is designed to support participants wishing to advance their careers as teaching and research or education-focused academics or casual university teachers.