Part time
1 year
SEP
Postgraduate Certificate
Leadership Management Of Change & Innovation
Taught
Welcome to the Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership. This University of Cambridge award is offered by the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) and was designed in collaboration with the Researcher Development Team and the University's Postdoc Academy.
This programme is targeted at postdoctoral researchers and fellows from all disciplines with the aspiration and potential to achieve leadership positions in a variety of fields including: academic, commercial, public and not-for-profit organisations or self-started businesses and social enterprises. It supports participants to develop their research identity and the capability to lead independent research projects.
Aims of the course
The Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership is taught and awarded at FHEQ level 7 (i.e. Masters level) and is worth 60 credits. Certification is completed in one academic year. It enhances the career development and skills of the next generation of research leaders.
The programme builds on researchers’ primary training in developing original contributions to knowledge and the advancement of their specialist discipline. It equips researchers with the skills, knowledge and values necessary to meet wider intellectual, social and economic challenges and have significant impact on the world around them.
Course delivery
Course content will be delivered and facilitated in a blended manner – i.e. a mix which includes synchronous face-to-face delivery, asynchronous delivery, self-directed learning and reading, assessment preparation and writing. Online content will be delivered through a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or through video-based remote meeting software platforms.
Face-to-face sessions will be delivered by subject specialists in one of several available spaces in Cambridge, which is planned to include the flagship Postdoc Centre on the Eddington Site. Participants would be expected to make every effort to attend these elements of the programme.
Assessment
All units on the course use discipline-relevant summative assessment approaches. These may include, but are not limited to: critical analysis of case-studies, assessment of evidence-based portfolios, discipline-specific report and application preparation, assessment of presentations and projects, short answer questions, essays, data handling and analysis, and research evaluation.
For this course (per year)
£6,000
For this course (per year)
£9,501
Applicants for this course will normally be expected to have achieved a UK 2.i honours degree or overseas equivalent. There is provision to accept non-standard applicants who do not satisfy the standard academic criteria, but such applicants must produce evidence of relevant and equivalent experience and their suitability for the course.