The Effects of Postgraduate Certificates

The full title of the project is ‘The effects of postgraduate certificates in teaching and learning in higher education’ and is intended to determine how effective postgraduate certificates (PGCs) are in assisting new staff to become lecturers. The current longitudinal project is coordinated by Professor Tony Brand at Anglia Ruskin University and is a continuation of a project created by Peter Knight of the Open University, with Jo Tait and Mantz Yorke. The project draws on qualitative and quantitative data drawn from seven participating Higher Education (HE) institutions and provides a valuable insight into the implementation of PGCs over the last decade. Data collection and analysis of the data is conducted at Anglia Ruskin University.