The certificate comprises the submission of a portfolio of evidence of prior learning. The portfolio requires the submission of an academic statement alongside the evidence submitted. The focus of the portfolio will be agreed with your PG Award mentor at your action plan meeting.

• EP945 – 30 Effective Leadership and Mentoring in Professional Practice

All sessions will take place via Blackboard. Further resources will be available via the programme Moodle page.

January starters:

Monday 20^th January 2025 - Information evening - 4-5.30pm UK time.

From Monday 27^th January 2025 – Action plan meetings (individual times will be allocated).

Tuesday 4^th February 2025 – Academic study skills school - 4-5.30pm UK time.

W/C March 3^rd 2025 – Second opportunity to meet with your PG Award mentor.

Monday 31^st March 2025 – Portfolio submission deadline.

Course End date: Wednesday 30^th April 2025

June starters:

Tuesday 24^th June 2025 - Information evening - 4-5.30pm UK time.

From Monday 30^th June 2025 – Action plan meetings (individual times will be allocated).

Tuesday 8^th July 2025 – Academic study skills school - 4-5.30pm UK time.

W/C Monday 4^th August 2025 – Second opportunity to meet with your PG Award mentor.

Monday 1^st September 2025 – Portfolio submission deadline.

Course End date: Tuesday 30^th September

Minimum requirements

• Bachelors degree with Honours at 2:2 or above, or equivalent level.
• To be an approved mentor for one of our current PGCEI or PGCE iQTS students.

English requirements

Your spoken and written English must be of an adequate standard for postgraduate study. If English is not your first language, you will need to achieve a minimum score with an Approved English Language Test. Find out more about English language requirements at Warwick.

This course has been assigned to English Language Test A and B.  

(Minimum score of 7.0 - with min. component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0+ under the International English Language Testing System IELTS Academic). Please also see our Accepted English language Tests page for details of the English Language tests approved by the University for entry to postgraduate courses.

At your action plan meeting with your PG Award mentor you will agree what aspects of your work-based prior learning you will focus your portfolios on.

The format of an academic statement is tailored to the experience of the student in discussion with the PG Award mentor. If recent (unaccredited) professional development has included writing at length, then the quality of these will be assessed, and a short reflective piece may be all that is required. The academic statement may involve one or more of the following:

• An annotated bibliography of a selection of recent journal articles.
• A critical comparison of two texts that are relevant to the professional context.
• A critical review of a longer educational text.
• A rationale for why the academic texts have been chosen and how they relate to professional experience.
• A re-ective account of how prior professional learning relates to the teacher’s reading.

There is no module fee for this module.

There is no Postgraduate Application Assessment fee for this course.