Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Learning and Teaching–PGDipHELT 120 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGDipHELT 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, 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. Except as provided in section 4, the course of study for the PGDipHELT shall consist of courses worth 120 points, including HELT 530–535, HELT 539, HELT 540, HELT 541; and 15 further points from the PGCertHELT and PGDipHELT Schedule. 

3. (a) A candidate for the PGDipHELT shall normally be enrolled for at least four trimesters and shall complete the diploma within eight years of first enrolling in the PGCertHELT or PGDipHELT.

(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 (a) in special cases.

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