This program is only available to UNSW staff

The Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching is a UNSW program supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and is offered by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

This program is designed to meet the needs of busy teachers from diverse teaching settings. Courses in the program include one or more workshops together with related readings, and are designed to be interactive and user-friendly. They have been crafted to model a wide variety of good teaching practices, with specialist teaching staff drawn from across UNSW. Assessment tasks are designed to encourage participants to reflect on their actual teaching practice and consider how this might be improved, informed by selected material from the research literature.

Participants commence the program by attending the staff development workshop, Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT), which is the workshop for the first compulsory course in the program.

The program aims to develop scholarly practice through being both academically rigorous while at the same time having practical impact on the quality of teaching and learning. These dual foci are evident in the programs goals:

This program is designed to assist University teachers to understand the theory and practice of effective learning and teaching in higher education. The program will prepare new teachers and support current teachers in enhancing their teaching practice. The process of reflection on the experience of actual teaching will provide a foundation for further exploration in higher education and for individual professional teaching development.

The Graduate Certificate will be awarded after satisfactory completion of 16 units of credit. These will usually be taken over at least three semesters. Courses will be offered on campus in a mix of classroom/online and structured self study. Courses will include application to actual teaching practice. Core Courses to be offered within this program are:

Elective courses choose two from:

All candidates are expected to be actively engaged in teaching in higher education.

Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact Jan McLean for further information.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Participants in the program should have completed a three year undergraduate degree at a recognized university, have a teaching related role at UNSW and should be employed in a continuing or contract position. At this stage those employed on a casual basis are not eligible to enrol.

If you are interested in enrolling in the program, please complete the enquiry form. (Please note that you will need to meet certain requirements. See section on Entry requirements). You will then be sent UNSW application and enrolment forms, and will be provided with information about, and enrolled into, the next Foundations of University Learning and Teaching workshop. FULT consists of an initial 5 day workshop with 4 additional half day workshops.

An alternative entry into the program is to arrange to attend the FULT workshop by contacting the Learning and Teaching Unit ( ltu@unsw.edu.au). You will then be given the appropriate application forms for the Graduate Certificate to complete during the FULT workshop.

Diploma and Masters programs in Education for the Professions are currently under consideration. Completion of the Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching will gain advanced standing equivalent to 16 credit points in these programs should they become available.

Ms Jan McLean
Program Coordinator
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 2509
Email:jan.mclean@unsw.edu.au