Academic Practice, Postgraduate Certificate (PGCAP)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice is a Level 7 taught course designed to provide a theoretical and practical grounding in learning, teaching and assessment for those involved in teaching, facilitating learning and supporting students in higher education.

Successful completion of the PGCAP also leads to the award of Fellowship of Advance HE (formerly known as the Higher Education Academy).

The course has three modules, each worth 20 credits at level 7:

• Introduction to facilitating learning in higher education
• Enhancing learning and teaching
• Small scale pedagogical inquiry

For any queries about this course, including welcome and timetable information please contact ucap_pgcap@canterbury.ac.uk .

Registration

Once you have completed the application process you will receive further information from us regarding how to complete your registration and how to set up your computing account.

Registration generally opens several weeks before the course start date. You can only register once you have received an email titled: "Invitation to online registration". You will not be able to register earlier, so please check your emails regularly.

If you are a non-UK national you will be invited, by e-mail, to book a right to study check with our compliance team as part of the registration process.

Please ensure that you action any emails as soon as you receive these - we recommend that you regularly check your junk folder as these emails may be directed there.

Without completing your registration and creating your computing account you will not be able to access our Virtual Learning Environment, Blackboard, which is essential to your participation in the course.

You will be eligible to receive your Student ID card once you have completed your online registration.