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Health Professional Education at University of Huddersfield - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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Course summary

This course is aimed at all healthcare professionals wishing to gain a recognised teaching qualification. It explores teaching and learning theories and practice within a national and international context. This will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills and abilities related to evidence-based learning, teaching and assessment, which you will be able to apply within a range of academic and health professional settings.

  • You will be taught by a team of passionate academics who have a wealth of skills, expertise and professional credibility. Keynote speakers will also contribute to the course to enhance your learning.
  • You will be a taught in a stimulating and supportive learning environment that draws on expert knowledge, research and applied practice.
  • As part of the teaching hours requirement of the practice portfolio, you will have opportunities to develop and enhance integration of scholarship, research and professional activities in relation to teaching and facilitating learning.
  • As part of the practice portfolio, you will be supported to reflect on and continue to develop your current and ongoing knowledge, skills and competence as an educator.
The practice portfolio provides a medium for recording your progress and creates an effective professional and personal portfolio whilst ensuring quality provision for learners under your supervision. It helps you to achieve your individual career aspirations in relation to delivering teaching and facilitating learning.

Modules

Core modules: Learning and Teaching: Theories Processes and Strategies in HPE Assessment in Health Professional Education Practice of Health Professional Education (Teaching Practice)

Assessment method

The modules are delivered through a range of teaching methods including formal lectures, seminars, small group tutorials, and case-based tutorials. Assessment involves a variety of formative and summative methods including micro teaching, learning contracts, E-portfolio, presentations and written assignments. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course. Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results. The University of Huddersfield operates an attendance monitoring system. Further details can be found in the Attendance Monitoring Policy - http://www.hud.ac.uk/media/universityofhuddersfield/content2013/services/registry/Attendance%20Monitoring.pdf

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are: Teaching route * Be a health care professional, with sufficient post qualifying experience that has extended your professional knowledge, relevant to your field of practice, to at least first-degree level. * Have an Honours degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent.

English language requirements

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £740* Module
Northern Ireland £740* Module
Scotland £740* Module
Wales £740* Module
Channel Islands £740* Module
Republic of Ireland £740* Module

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

The information provided below is for those applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2025/26. Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. This webpage will be updated with 2026/27 tuition fees as information becomes available. In 2025/26 the part-time tuition fee for UK postgraduate students on this course will be £740 (Band 2) per 15 credit module and £1,480 (Band 2) per 30 credit module. Tuition fees for UK students will cover the cost of your study at the University. For more information about funding, fees and finance for UK students, including what your tuition fee covers, please see our Fees and Finance - https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-finance/ Please email the Student Finance Office ([email protected]) or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.

Sponsorship information

For further information please visit (https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding-studies/)

Health Professional Education at University of Huddersfield - UCAS