Understanding And Supporting Behaviour PGCert

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Overview

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Understanding And Supporting Behaviour PGCert, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 1420 per 30 credit module

Understanding And Supporting Behaviour PGCert, international applicant, part time

  • International Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 2760 per 30 credit module

What makes this course different

London location

We have a superb London location, with views of Canary Wharf and London City Airport

Collaborative learning

During taught sessions, you will be encouraged to interact with your fellow professionals, allowing you to explore theory and practice.

Career-ready skills

This course will help you develop a range of transferrable skills that are desirable in a wide variety of careers.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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What we're researching

Research is an important area within our school and some examples of research undertaken by the people you will be working with are:

Louise Arnold is exploring children's and young people's views and their experiences of being part of the education and health care plan process in her doctoral research.

Rebecca Crutchley's doctoral research explores the linguistic and cultural brokering roles that migrant children engage in on behalf of their families during the process of acculturation.

Rebecca Crutchley gained an MA in Early Years Education in 2005 and has worked as a Children’s Centre teacher, a local authority advisory teacher providing early years and SEN support to the non-maintained early years sector and later as a Deputy Head/ SENCo of a maintained nursery school in East London. Working as a senior lecturer at UEL since 2013 and programme leader for the Early Childhood and Special Education programme, her publications include:
Crutchley, R. (Ed)Special Needs in the Early Years: Partnership and ParticipationLondon: Sage Publications.
 Lloyd, E., Edmonds, C., Downs, C., Crutchley, R. and Paffard, F. (2016) ‘Talking everyday science to very young children: a study involving parents and practitioners within an early childhood centre’ Early Childhood Development and Care, Vol 187 (2).'

Our Professional Doctorate (EdD) course draws on the input of researchers from across the School of Education and Communities. It is led by Professor Gerry Czerniawski, who has published extensively in the areas of teaching and learning, teacher and teacher educator identity, continuing professional development (CPD) and pupil voice.

A founder member of the International Forum for Teacher Educator Development (InFoTED), he serves on the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Council and is chair of BERA's British Curriculum Forum. Gerry is a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Your future career

This course will help you develop a range of transferrable skills that are desirable in a wide variety of careers.
These skills include knowledge of theories, legislation, policy and practice, computer literacy, planning and time management and written communication. It will also demonstrate your ability to engage in critical thinking.

Career options

The skills and knowledge developed on this course will allow those working in teaching to gain expertise in the increasingly sought-after area of special needs.

However, this course could also support your career in areas such as therapy, support work, social work, educational psychology and work with adults with additional needs.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

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An important feature of this course is the support we give to students. They can access support via email, through one-to-one tutorials and in lectures. It is exciting to see the support networks that students create. The sharing of ideas and ongoing discussion about theory and practice allow students to explore and develop their own thoughts in a very supportive environment.
Tanya Cotier

PGCert Understanding and Supporting Behaviour, Course Leader

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

You will learn through lectures, face-to-face tutorials and by working in small discussion groups and pairs.

Teaching and support

This course is taught in the evenings.

There is a focus on collaborative learning, building on the strength of shared experience, knowledge and expertise. During taught sessions, you will be encouraged to interact with your fellow professionals, allowing you to explore theory and practice.

Group activities also help you to develop your ideas through discussion with others before your approach the assessment tasks.

Each module is supported by a Virtual Learning Environment, where you can access key learning materials and use the discussion board.

In addition to weekly lectures, you also have access to the module tutor via email or in face-to-face tutorials. Our tutors have all worked professionally to a high level in the field, and have experience in supporting participants from a wide range of professional contexts and backgrounds.

Each module encourages you to link your developing knowledge and understanding to your own professional context.

You will explore inclusive practice for pupils with behavioural difficulties and social, emotional and mental health needs within lectures, and have the chance to consider how this applies to your own setting through discussion with other students and the assessment portfolios.

How you'll be assessed

Due to the practical nature of the programme there are no examinations. The Postgraduate Certificate in Understanding and Supporting Behaviour is assessed by coursework.

Each module assessment will typically be a single submission portfolio of 5,000 words or equivalent.

Assessment tasks will involve critical reflection, professional work-based tasks and critical engagement with research and current thinking in SEMH.

Campus and facilities

Water Lane, Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by School of Childhood and Social Care

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.