Learning and development

Module information

PCAP module 1: the contemporary academic in context

This module aims to provide you with a theoretical grounding in the principles of academic practice and its political and social contexts. Its purpose is to support you in building on your existing skills and knowledge to act as an effective academic operating with integrity in your department, in the university and in the national and international context. It is intended to enhance your confidence and effectiveness through informed reflection on your own practice.

This is a core module if you're involved in a teaching and research role.

For further information on this module, please see the module 1 course descriptor

Module dates

You will need to attend all 3 sessions:

5 January 2012
6 January 2012
24 February 2012

PCAP module 2: creating effective learning in higher education

This module aims to enable anyone who teaches and/or supports students’ learning, within a higher education context, to improve their professional practice through structured dialogue with their peers and colleagues in the sector. It is designed to develop supportive communities of practice amongst academics and professional staff in Higher Education. Peer dialogue for practice development adopts a scholarly process of collaborative enquiry: participants will engage in structured, creative dialogue with relevant academic and professional peers in HE, in order actively to develop one or more aspects of their practice. Through exploration of relevant education theory, recent developments in HE and University policy, participants will also locate and evaluate their practice within current institutional, political and social contexts.

For further information on this module, please see the module 2 course descriptor

Module dates

You will need to attend all 5 of the sessions of your chosen cohort. All dates are Friday mornings.

Cohort 1

14 October 2011
28 October 2011
11 November 2011
25 November 2011
9 December 2011

Cohort 2

20 January 2012
3 February 2012
17 February 2012
2 March 2012
16 March 2012

PCAP module 3: the professional as learner, teacher and researcher

This module aims to enable anyone who teaches and/or supports students’ learning, within a higher education context, to improve their professional practice through structured dialogue with their peers and colleagues in the sector. It is designed to develop supportive communities of practice amongst academics and professional staff in Higher Education. Peer dialogue for practice development adopts a scholarly process of collaborative enquiry: participants will engage in structured, creative dialogue with relevant academic and professional peers in HE, in order actively to develop one or more aspects of their practice. Through exploration of relevant education theory,
recent developments in HE and University policy, participants will also locate and evaluate their practice within current institutional, political and social contexts.

For further information about the module, please see the module 3 course descriptor

Module dates

You will need to attend all 3 sessions:

26 April 2012
27 April 2012
15 June 2012