Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning and Teaching–PGCertHELT 60 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCertHELT  shall have: 

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree with Honours or equivalent; and  

(ii) been accepted by the director of the Centre for Academic Development as capable of completing the proposed course of study. 

    (b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Director or the Associate Dean (Students) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for a candidate who has had extensive professional or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.  

2. (a) The course of study for the PGCertHELT shall consist of courses worth 60 points, including HELT 530–535, HELT 539, and 15 further points from the PGCertHELT and PGDipHELT Schedule, with the exception of HELT 541.

3. (a) A candidate for the PGCertHELT shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the certificate within five years of first enrolling for it.

(b) The director of the Centre for Academic Development, or the Associate Dean (students) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences may extend the maximum periods in parts (a) in special cases.

(c) A candidate who has been awarded a PGCertHELT is required to abandon that qualification upon being awarded a PGDipHELT.