Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning

Admissions information

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  This course is designed for university academics and locates teaching and learning in the shifting and increasingly complex, connected and uncertain higher education context. Internationalisation, globalization, technological advancements and imperatives to balance ‘job ready’ graduates with education for social good and citizenship have effects upon how learning and teaching is theorised, practised and evidenced.

  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.

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  The course is a part time program. It is undertaken within eight short teaching Sessions with each Session spanning six weeks. The course can be completed in one year, with a maximum completion time of two years.

  Part time, mixed

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  Admission requirements
  

  To be eligible for admission to this course, applicants must meet the following criteria.

  Applicants must have the following:

  • Completed Australian bachelor's degree or higher qualification, or overseas equivalent AND Be actively engaged in teaching activities at UTS (as a full-time or fractional higher education academic, casual academic, or enrolled in a UTS higher research degree AND teaching at UTS)

  Supporting documentation to be submitted with the application

  Evidence of eligibility is demonstrated through submission of one of the following:

  • A copy of UTS fixed-term, continuing or casual contract
  • Copies of employment timesheets
  • A letter from UTS Human Resources confirming current employment

  AND applicants enrolled in a UTS higher research degree must submit:

  • A support letter from their principal supervisor on official UTS letterhead

  Upon meeting the selection criteria and being offered and accepting admission into the course, participants will be exempt from paying course fees through sponsorship by the University.

  The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.

  Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

  International students
  

  Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

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  Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course. For more information about inherent requirements and where prospective and current students can get assistance and advice regarding these, see the UTS Inherent requirements page.

  Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course.

  UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.

  For course specific information see the Education Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement.