Postgraduate Taught

Practice Educator

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Our part-time Postgraduate Certificate has been developed in response to demand from local NHS trust and private healthcare providers, so the career prospects couldn't be better.
Working with our expert lecturers, you'll develop your leadership skills and gain the knowledge to teach, mentor and assess other like-minded professionals.
Your learning will take place in our award-winning facilities on campus, as well as online. So you benefit from a face-to-face approach with the flexibility to study around your current commitments.
Gain a solid foundation in all aspects of the role with our core modules – with the option to also explore an educational issue within your own sphere of practice.
A male nursing student sat down talking to a patient
A nursing student wearing a protective gown takes an oral swab from another student
A nursing student in a white uniform stood in front of the university's medical building on campus
A group of students from different health courses stood outside the Allam Medical Building in uniform

This part-time Postgraduate Certificate prepares you for a career as an educator in professional practice and has been developed in response to demand from local NHS trust and private healthcare providers.

Using the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for learning and assessment, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to teach, mentor and assess other like-minded professionals from a range of healthcare backgrounds.

Plus, our programme will help develop your own leadership skills – and can be the first step towards a PGDip or MSc in Health Studies if you wish to continue studying.

  • Study part-time

    alongside your career

  • Split your learning

    between online and on-campus

  • Option to continue

    onto a PGDip or MSc

  • Nursing & Midwifery Council

    approved

  • Study in award-winning

    health facilities

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Course overview
Module options

About this course

Our programme offers a blended approach towards study, with your time spent either learning online or in our award-winning health facilities on campus.

Learning methods include workshops, discussions, group work and lead lectures – enabling you to play an active part in your learning. Plus, you’ll be further supported by our virtual learning environment.

Our core modules will give you a solid foundation in all aspects of the role including practice; establishing effective working relationships; evidence-based practice; leadership; creating an environment for learning; facilitation of learning; assessment and accountability and evaluation of learning.

You’ll also have the opportunity to explore an educational issue within your own sphere of practice as part of a work-based module.

Students on this course will usually have prior experience as a mentor or assessor, as well as evidence of academic study within the past five years. However, all applications will be considered on individual merit.

Choose your modules

For a full Masters degree, you'll study 180 credits over the duration of your course. Some programmes offer a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) qualification or a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) qualification. For a PGDip, you'll study 120 credits, and for a PGCert, you'll study 60 credits.

Effective Practice Teaching

​This module will provide you with the opportunity to explore the knowledge base that supports the facilitation of teaching, learning and assessing in practice in order to validate the role of the practice teacher / educator in healthcare.

Core20 credits

Practice Teaching in Context

​Utilising contemporary leadership and management theory, you will be able to contextualise the role of the practice educator, in healthcare, as a manager of education in a learning organisation​.

Core20 credits

Driving Specialist Developments through Contract Learning

This module offers the opportunity for you to focus on a topic related to your own professional practice. You'll have the chance to develop the skills required to make a positive difference to organisational performance. 

Core20 credits
3 Modules

This course is accredited by

Entry requirements

What do I need?

Typical offer
2:2 in relevant subject area

A minimum of a 2:2 Honours degree or international equivalent in nursing, midwifery or another relevant discipline, plus appropriate experience in a professional environment.

Additional entry requirements for this course
  • Possess a Nursing qualification which is registered with the corresponding professional regulating body such as; NMC
  • Managers written support

In order to ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved.

What do I need?

Typical offer
2:2 in relevant subject area

A minimum of a 2:2 Honours degree or international equivalent in nursing, midwifery or another relevant discipline, plus appropriate experience in a professional environment.

Additional entry requirements for this course
  • Possess a Nursing qualification which is registered with the corresponding professional regulating body such as; NMC
  • Managers written support

In order to ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved.

If you require a student visa to study or if your first language is not English you will be required to provide acceptable evidence of your English language proficiency level.

This course requires academic IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each skill. See other English language proficiency qualifications accepted by the University of Hull.

If your English currently does not reach the University’s required standard for this programme, you may be interested in one of our English language courses.

Visit your country page to find out more about our entry requirements.

Fees & funding

How much is it?

Additional costs you may have to pay

Your tuition fees will cover most costs associated with your programme. There are some extra costs that you might have to pay, or choose to pay, depending on your programme of study and the decisions you make:

  • Books (you can borrow books on your reading lists from the library, but you may buy your own)
  • Optional field trips
  • Study abroad (incl. travel costs, accommodation, visas, immunisation)
  • Placement costs (incl. travel costs and accommodation)
  • Student visas (international students)
  • Laptop (you’ll have access to laptops and PCs on campus, but you may want your own)
  • Printing and photocopying
  • Professional-body membership
  • Graduation (gown hire and photography)

Remember, you’ll still need to take into account your living costs. This could include accommodation, travel, food and more.

How do I pay for it?

How much is it?

Additional costs you may have to pay

Your tuition fees will cover most costs associated with your programme. There are some extra costs that you might have to pay, or choose to pay, depending on your programme of study and the decisions you make:

  • Books (you can borrow books on your reading lists from the library, but you may buy your own)
  • Optional field trips
  • Study abroad (incl. travel costs, accommodation, visas, immunisation)
  • Placement costs (incl. travel costs and accommodation)
  • Student visas (international students)
  • Laptop (you’ll have access to laptops and PCs on campus, but you may want your own)
  • Printing and photocopying
  • Professional-body membership
  • Graduation (gown hire and photography)

Remember, you’ll still need to take into account your living costs. This could include accommodation, travel, food and more.

How do I pay for it?

Take a look at our facilities

Health Campus

Benefit from the facilities of our award-winning Allam Medical Building with its simulated hospital ward, intensive care unit, resuscitation unit, and more.

Critical Care Room

Develop the skills needed to work with very ill patients in an intensive care setting with this specialist training area.

Brynmor Jones Library

One of the most eye-catching pieces of architecture on campus, our library offers round-the-clock access, more than a million books and over 400 open-access PCs.

Lecture Theatres

They’re located throughout our campus and form the cornerstone of our teaching during your time with us, along with smaller seminar-style group sessions.

See more in our virtual tour

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Allam Medical Building First Floor
Allam Medical Building Critical Care Room
Brynmor Jones Library
Allam Medical Building Lecture Theatre
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Future prospects

As you’ll already have an established career prior to embarking on this course, this Postgraduate Certificate focuses on developing your knowledge and skills in research and leadership as well as education, opening up career pathways in a variety of healthcare environments, training departments and education institutions.

You’ll improve skills in the likes of leadership, communication, assessment and mentoring, which are highly transferable and coveted by employers. And you’ll have the option to continue your studies and further enhance your prospects by completing additional modules to Postgraduate Diploma or Masters level.

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Your next steps

Like what you’ve seen? Then it’s time to apply.

Make your application online now, and our admissions team will get back to you as soon as possible to make you an offer.

Not ready to apply?

We regularly deliver virtual and on-campus events to help you discover your perfect postgraduate course, whether it’s a subject you already love or something completely different. Our events are an opportunity for you to chat to tutors and current students and find out about the career options a postgraduate degree could lead to.

All modules presented on this course page are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.

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