C11228v3 Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (GradCertHEd)Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Notes
This course is not admitting new students in 2025 and 2026.
This course is offered to local students and international students with a current visa that extends until or beyond the minimum completion time for this course (1 year).
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Inherent requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Other information
Overview
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.
Course aims
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 FASS.
Career options
This course is designed to support participants wishing to advance their careers as teaching and research or education-focused academics or casual university teachers.
Course intended learning outcomes
This course engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
| 1.1 | Apply relevant knowledge to make theory-informed judgements about curriculum, learning, assessment and evaluation in the higher education context |
| 2.1 | Reflexively assess complex issues related to curriculum, assessment and pedagogy, and generate effective scholarly and creative solutions |
| 3.1 | Support and facilitate inclusive practices that foster respectful engagement with diverse learners and perspectives at a local and global level |
| 4.1 | Design learning activities that teach Indigenous Australians in a culturally safe manner and enable non-Indigenous students to develop their capacity to work respectfully with Indigenous Australians |
| 5.1 | Articulate one’s contribution to the culture and climate of the University, and to the sector/discipline more broadly on matters of concern for higher education teaching and learning. |
| 6.1 | Express ideas on teaching and learning to different audiences in a variety of modes |
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.
Inherent requirements
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.
Course duration and attendance
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.
Course structure
The course consists of 24 credit points of study, comprising of three core subjects and a range of elective options.
Course completion requirements
| STM91722 Core subjects | 9cp | |
| CBK92155 Electives | 15cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Other information
Further information is available from the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Unit:
For general enquiries contact the course coordinator Franziska Trede.
For all technical enrolment enquiries please contact GCHETL@uts.edu.au.