Academic Enhancement

Postgraduate Centre

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PG CAP)

 

The PG CAP programme has been run at Heriot-Watt by Academic Enhancement since September 2000 and participants have found it highly valuable in getting their academic careers off to a good start. 

 

Programme Content
Course Name
Supporting Student Learning
Designing and Evaluating Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Designing Technology Enhanced (Flexible) Learning Environments
Developing Your Professional Role
Course Number
1
2
3
4
Course summary
Prepares you for supporting student learning within your context and introduces you to different approaches to learning and teaching
Aims to develop your learning, teaching and assessment practice by helping you to develop a broad conceptual understanding of the design and evaluation of learning, teaching and assessment.
Aims to enable you to design and implement Technology Enhanced (Flexible) Learning into your teaching and learning.
Aims to enable you to enhance your research and professional capabilities and those of your students, and to provide a basis for ongoing professional development.