This programme is for academic staff or learning support staff who are embarking on a career in higher education, or who may have been in their role for years but have had no formal guidance in learning theories, teaching pedagogies or assessment strategies. Teaching and learning in higher education has its own specialist knowledge base and is an academic subject just as valid and important as any other. The Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education programme is a vital professional developmental qualification for staff working to support learning in a predominantly higher education environment. This is a part-time, integrated course for higher education professionals to focus their enquiry, research and scholarship activity on developing practice that is more effective and raising achievement in their particular area. All modules are based upon gaining and sharing knowledge of good practice through research and literature, implementing this and reflecting on the effect or impact. The course is designed so that assignments are built into the working practice. Studying the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education provides an important grounding in higher education pedagogies, current debates in HE policies, as well as providing support mechanisms for the continuing development of your teaching practice.