{"id":3020,"date":"2016-11-04T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2016-12-14T12:59:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T01:59:53","slug":"considered-graduate-certificate-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/considered-graduate-certificate-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you considered the Graduate Certificate for 2017?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education is a professional development activity which is <strong>free for staff members at the University<\/strong>. It is a postgraduate award course designed to build, and build on, your university teaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>Participants in this year\u2019s course commented:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grad Cert expands ideas and knowledge about teaching<\/li>\n<li>Reflections useful in highlighting how students look at things<\/li>\n<li>Assignments were rewarding and useful as well as challenging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And their comments highlighted the value of working with peers, mentioning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The interactions in class<\/li>\n<li>Spending time with like minded people<\/li>\n<li>Group discussion and the ability to talk to people who work in other contexts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participants from previous years have found the Grad Cert a valuable career experience:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;\u00a0the program has helped me find my passion in learning and teaching and apply it to dentistry and make the two work synchronously together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/dentistry\/staff\/profiles\/susie.dracopoulos.php\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Susie Dracopoulos<\/a>, Faculty of Dentistry)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am really appreciative of the whole Grad Cert experience\u2026. I am certainly using the skills I was taught, on a daily basis now. I think I was the only casual tutor doing the Grad Cert last year and thanks in a large part to that I think, my career has had a change of direction which I am enjoying immensely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Samantha Haley, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)<\/p>\n<h3><b>Information Session<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>To find out more about the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) join program graduates and teaching staff for an\u00a0<a class=\"usyd-js-load\" href=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/events\/Graduate%20Certificate\/760\/\">information session<\/a>\u00a0from 1 to 2.30pm on Wednesday 23 November (Fisher Library, Level 2, Rooms 249\/250).\u00a0This event will feature an overview of the\u00a0program, presentations from recent alumni and a chance for more informal Q&amp;As over lunch. Please register to attend<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/events\/Graduate%20Certificate\/760\/\" class=\"sc-button bg-red color-white\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t   \t\t<span>Register<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t    <\/a>\n<h3><strong>Apply now!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you would like more information but are unable to attend, please contact\u00a0<a class=\"usyd-js-load\" href=\"https:\/\/intranet.sydney.edu.au\/s\/search.html?collection=StaffIntranet_AEM&amp;f.Search%7C9=Staff%20and%20departments&amp;meta_A_phrase=G-HENDRY\">Dr Graham Hendry<\/a>, further details are available below. If you are thinking of doing the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) in 2017:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education_social_work\/future_students\/postgraduate\/higher_education.shtml\" class=\"sc-button bg-red color-white\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t   \t\t<span>Find out more information<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t    <\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sydneystudent.sydney.edu.au\/sitsvision\/courses\/dgcedustd2hie-0.htm\" class=\"sc-button bg-red color-white\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t   \t\t<span>Apply to the course<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t    <\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education is a professional development activity which is free for staff members at the University. 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