Overview

This PGCert Higher Education Policy into Practice (Online) programme offered at University of Birmingham Online emphasises topics in the number and nature of global institutions and students. You’ll study through the lenses of culture, equity, and policy. Differentiate your experience by developing international perspectives on higher education. Ultimately, you can enhance your ability to lead in several institutions and organisations.

Key Facts

Using a comprehensive understanding of higher education administration policy and practice, you can influence the policy-making process, manage policy implementation in your own context more effectively, and shape future policies. Plus, you can articulate how alternative higher education futures could respond to social, political, and cultural changes.

Programme outcomes

PGCert Higher Education Policy Into Practice graduates are expected to have knowledge and understanding of:

How policy is formed at different levels and how this impacts practice, but also how practice can impact policy.

Ways that higher education has grown in the number of institutions and students globally, including current forms of the university and possible futures.
How equity has been articulated in academic literature, policy, and practice.
Design, the processes involved, the associated contemporary design theories, and how these ideas and ways of working can be used in context.
Data tools and frameworks to evaluate teaching, learning, and institutional practice.
Sociotechnical perspectives of learning environments connecting the social, physical, and digital.

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Programme Structure

The PGCert Higher Education Policy into Practice (online) programme emphasises topics in the number and nature of global institutions and students. You’ll study through the lenses of culture, equity, and policy. Differentiate your experience by developing international perspectives on higher education. Ultimately, you can enhance your ability to lead in several institutions and organisations.

Studying the PGCert takes approximately 1 year to complete. It is a 60-credit programme. Modules include:

Higher Educations Futures

Equity in Education

Policy into Practice

Lecturers

The PGCert Higher Education Policy into Practice has been developed by researchers from the Education Equity Initiative, led by Professor Chris Millward and Dr Adam Matthews. They have collaborated across disciplines, drawing upon data science, design thinking, and education studies to look at higher education policy and practice from a range of disciplinary lenses and global perspectives.

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-07-02 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-10-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-29 00:00:00 , National
- Deadline passed, International
Starting 2026-03-03 00:00:00

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Applications close approximately one month before your intended start date.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Semi-structured
Regular optional meetings
Proactive tutoring and support
Individual work/assignments (with online group discussions), Online group works/assignments

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

To be eligible to apply for the Online PGCert Higher Education Policy into Practice, you will need to have obtained (or be predicted to obtain) an upper second-class degree or equivalent from a UK university or an equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.

If you do not meet standard entry criteria, we may accept applications with a lower degree and significant work experience. Contact us to learn more.
We welcome applicants with an appetite for learning. This programme combines modules from multiple disciplines. Expect to cover some coding and maths, starting at secondary schooling level and above.

Work experience

If you do not meet the academic entry criteria, we will accept applications with a second-class degree or equivalent qualification from a UK university or recognised institution with evidence of at least 2 years of relevant work experience. We also accept applications with no degree but 5+ years of work experience in fields related to Higher Education.

Technological requirements

All programme content will be delivered through Canvas – the University’s online learning platform. Therefore, students will need:

- A reliable laptop or desktop PC

- Good internet connection

- Headset with microphone for audio and speaking with tutors or peers

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Tuition Fee

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International

4680 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4680 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.
National

4680 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4680 GBP for the full programme during 12 months.

You can pay in full or in instalments of £ 780 per module.

Funding

We are excited to be offering a 10% early bird discount from the first module for the upcoming student intake to those who have accepted an unconditional offer and are registered on the programme by a set date.

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