Widening Participation and Evaluation (PGCert)

University of Southampton

Boost your continuing professional development with our Postgraduate Certificate in Widening Participation and Evaluation. This course will support your practice related to widening access and participation for students from underrepresented backgrounds.You’ll explore the relationship between widening participation policy, theory and practice. You'll also understand the drivers for widening participation strategies and produce outputs that will enhance your practice. These will include:critical analyses of existing approachesa rationale and concept paper for your own initiativean evaluative framework derived from the completion of Theory of Change documentsYou can use these outputs to create a comprehensive business case at your higher or further education institution.On this widening participation-focused programme, you'll be part of a strong community of practice, working with fellow learners and expanding your professional networks.You'll develop the skills and knowledge to become a confident widening participation practitioner, aligning your practices with sound evaluative principles and learning methods.We'll support you through a blend of in-person teaching, recorded lectures, interactive seminars and workshops.Alongside your course peers and subject experts, you'll explore concepts which reflect good widening participation practice. You can also personalise your learning to focus on your chosen assessment areas.By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:apply an understanding of widening participation policy, pedagogic theory and scholarship to your practicescritically engage with quality monitoring, evaluation and research approachesidentify and implement evaluation strategies for widening participation activityanalyse and report findings from evaluating practices