1. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Researcher Development
SPARK Programme & Classes
4 Internally and Externally Accredited Course Pathways
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Researcher Development
Knowledge Exchange
Academic Practice
MSc Teaching & Learning
MSc Researcher Development
MSc Knowledge Exchange
MSc Academic Practice
PgDip Teaching & Learning
PgDip Researcher Development
PgDip Knowledge Exchange
PgDip Academic Practice
PgCert Teaching & Learning
PgCert Researcher Development
PgCert Knowledge Exchange
PgCert Academic Practice
Teaching Only Path
HEA Accredited
Research Only Path
VITAE Recognition
KE Only Path
Academic Path
Award Sought Equivalence Classes Required
Postgraduate Certificate 60 Credits 1 Core + 1 Recommended + 1 Optional
Postgraduate Diploma Credits 1 Core + 3 Recommended + 2 Optional
Masters Credits PgDip + Dissertation

2. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Researcher Development
Knowledge Exchange
Academic Practice
CORE
Teaching, Learning and Assessment within the Disciplines
Building A Successful Research Career
Understanding and Exploring Knowledge Exchange OR
Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Training
Teaching, Learning and Assessment within the Disciplines
Building A Successful Research Career
Exploring and Understanding Knowledge Exchange OR Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Training
Note: For the Academic Practice course pathway, all three modules above are core, reflecting the dynamic roles of academics in UK Higher Education. All other modules are optional.
RECOMMENDED
Course (re)Design
Teaching and Learning Online
Supervising Postgraduate Research (online only)
Management & Leadership in Higher Education
Academic Writing
Independent Enquiry
Supervising Postgraduate Research (online only)
Research Bidding & Design (Grant Writing Challenge) OR Research Bidding & Design: Getting Started
Management & Leadership in Higher Education
Academic Writing OR Academic Writing (Publication Challenge)
Independent Enquiry
Engaging and Managing Stakeholders for Impact
Engaging Different Audiences
Enterprise, Commercialisation, and Intellectual Property
The Knowledge Exchange Challenge
Management & Leadership in Higher Education
Academic Writing
Independent Enquiry
OPTIONAL
Options - To provide maximum flexibility in SPARK, all classes may be taken as Options regardless of programme registration, including the Core classes from another path.
Example 1. An academic registered in the the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education path may choose ANY class from their own Recommended path or ANY class from the Research or Knowledge Exchange path as an option.
Example 2. A researcher registered in the Researcher Development path may choose ANY class from their own Recommended path or ANY class from the Knowledge Exchangeor the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education path as an option.