Overview

As part of our Advancing Professional Practice Framework, this Professional and Higher Education program at Queen Margaret University has been designed in response to advancing practice and continuing professional development (CPD) needs of a range of professionals who teach and support learning at a higher education level. 

It may be of interest to nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, social workers, doctors, lecturers in any discipline and professional services staff within areas of health and social care practice, higher education or other professional settings across practice, strategic and leadership educational contexts. 

This pathway aims to: 

• support you to advance your knowledge and skills to become an authentic, effective, dynamic and reflective facilitator of learning; and 

• create transformative learning experiences through engagement with and being part of a community of learning and practice. 

Why QMU?

• Learn alongside a range of professionals: This pathway brings together professionals from a range of disciplines, cultures and workplace settings. You will benefit from learning alongside people working in different professions and roles. 

• Contemporary, creative and interactive learning approaches: The online learning environment will generate an ethos of engagement where learners can explore and challenge theories, practices and different sources of knowledge creatively in an atmosphere of high challenge and high support.

• Career progression and professional links: This course aims to support learners to undertake CPD within their current professional role or towards future career aspirations.  

• Advancing Professional Practice through learning: This pathway is also part of the Advancing Professional Practice Framework so you may choose to apply for a single option module, the full PgCert award or potentially continue on a Masters pathway within the Framework.