2025/26 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

PGCert Teaching English for Academic Purposes

Programme overview

Programme code
PGC-TEAP
UCAS code
Duration
9 Months
Method of Attendance
Part Time
Programme manager
Professor Bee Bond; Professor Alexander Ding
Total credits
60
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme
The Language Centre/ Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

This programme allows you to develop a deeper understanding of the role of language within Higher Education, enhancing your ability to work in the field of English for Academic Purposes, educational development, learning advice.  

You will explore the theoretical foundations of academic communication, cultures and contexts, uniting this broad theoretical base with pedagogical practice. You will focus particularly on the practices and pedagogies of language in education and consider knowledge, politics and cultures in academia. The programme will give you the opportunity to develop a range of skills that will enable you to contribute to the future shaping of the field as well as the opportunity to develop a wide range of attributes and transferrable skills, including linguistic and intercultural competence, analytical skills, communicative skills and critical thinking. You will also develop your ability to undertake research and engage in scholarship around your professional practices, providing opportunities to publicly engage with the field through dissemination of your work.  

The programme is: 

- flexible. You can also choose from two start dates – either September or January.  You can opt to build your own programme to either Certificate, Diploma or Master’s level.  
- enriched by elective modules allowing for extension and specialisation in a range of issues that impact on teaching and learning in international Higher Education. 
- innovative in teaching and assessment methods, fostering collaborative practices and developing professional networks of peer support combined with personalised guidance from tutors.  
- primarily taught through small-group seminars using varied methods to allow you to take control of your learning.  
- assessed mainly through coursework, offering you a wide range of creative and innovative assessments.  

We also offer all modules as online short courses enabling you to build up credits over a six-year period and exit with a qualification. 

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
ELU5001MParticipants, Practices and Pedagogies in Academic Communication30Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)PFP
ELU5002MKnowledge, Politics and Cultures in Academia30Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)PFP

Year 2

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Year 3

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Last updated: 12/03/2025 15:05:59

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