Design with Learning & Teaching in Higher Education MA

Facts about Design with Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Qualification	MA (inclusive of a PgCert in Higher Education validated by the Higher Education Academy)
Duration	Full time: 1 year Part time: 2 years
Attendance	Full time: 2 days per week Part time: 1 day per week (equivalent)
Assessment	Design modules are assessed by a mix of design project work and other forms of assessment, including seminar presentations, written assignments, live projects, and major design research project or dissertation. The PgCert is assessed through text portfolio, poster presentations, action research blogs and reflective logs.
Course structure

Choose Kingston's Design with Learning & Teaching in Higher Education MA

This innovative course offers design graduates the opportunity to study the subject at MA level alongside a PgCert in higher education.

A PgCert is increasingly a requirement for new teachers in further and higher education. The University has a well-established and very successful PgCert in higher education in-house.

Course director Bernadette Blair discusses the Design with Learning & Teaching in Higher Education MA, including who the course is aimed at and how this course prepares students for a career within teaching in higher education:

Research areas

Many of the staff in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture are research active. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies.
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Course structure

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Modules

Design Group Project in either MA Communication Design or MA Design
Individual Design Project or equivalent module in either MA Communication Design or MA Design
Design & HE Masters Project
Introduction to Learning and Teaching in HE
Developing Teaching Practice and Supporting Students in HE
Assessment and Feedback in HE
Curriculum Development and Evaluation of Practice in HE