Online courses
Our Postgraduate Certificates (PG Certs) are delivered exclusively online, allowing you the flexibility to enhance your practice and broaden your professional expertise from anywhere.
National Award in SEN Coordination (NASENCo)
Open to UK applicants only
Fee: £1,733
Partner School Rate: £1,386*
Group discounts are also available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for further details.
*A Partner School is any school that has an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) partnership arrangement with Liverpool Hope University and who work with our students on providing school placements.
The National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination is a mandatory qualification for all Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCos) in maintained mainstream, academy and free schools, and must be achieved within three years of appointment when working in maintained mainstream, academy and free schools.
Education Leadership and Management
Open to UK and international applicants
UK fee: £1,733
International fee: £4,167
Partner School rate: £1,386*
Group discounts are also available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for further details.
*A Partner School is any school that has an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) partnership arrangement with Liverpool Hope University and who work with our students on providing school placements.
This course aims to enhance knowledge and critical understanding of applied leadership and management in an education context. It supports continuing personal and professional development, to ensure practitioners are able to create success in their teams, organisations and students.
Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)
Open to UK applicants only
Full Fee:
Module 1 only: £1,540
Full Programme: Full Postgraduate Certificate in Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia), includes modules 1 and 2. £2,600.
Partner School Rates available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for details
This Postgraduate Certificate aims to support teachers and professionals working in education to gain the confidence, knowledge and skills to identify, assess, plan, teach and support students with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia).
Through critical reflection, participants on the programme will develop their understanding of the barriers to participation and learning that pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) can encounter.
Advanced Mentoring & Coaching
Open to UK and International applicants
UK fee: £1,733
International fee: £4,167
Partner School rate: £1,386*
Group discounts are also available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for further details.
Read a PG Cert Advanced Mentoring & Coaching case study to see how this course can help you in your career.
*A Partner School is any school that has an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) partnership arrangement with Liverpool Hope University and who work with our students on providing school placements.
This Postgraduate Certificate (60 Level 7 Credits) comprises two x 30 credit modules that are designed to provide the theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of mentoring and coaching, which is relevant to their role as a mentor in a variety of capacities such as a trainee teacher mentor, induction tutor or mentor to a new school leader. The programme draws significantly on a professional learning model that encourages students to make clear connections between relevant research, theory and practice.
Management and Leadership of SEN
Open to UK and international applicants
UK fee: £1,733
International fee: £4,167
Partner School rate: £1,386*
Group discounts are also available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for further details.
*A Partner School is any school that has an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) partnership arrangement with Liverpool Hope University and who work with our students on providing school placements.
Understanding Autism & Inclusive Learning
Open to UK applicants only
UK Fee: £1,733
Partner School rate: £1,386*
Group discounts are also available, contact pld@hope.ac.uk for further details.
* A Partner School is any school that has an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) partnership arrangement with Liverpool Hope University and who work with our students on providing school placements.
The aim of this Postgraduate Certificate is to enable practitioners to develop the knowledge and understanding of inclusive practice and Autism so they can successfully reflect upon practice in their settings and reduce barriers to participation and learning for children and young people with autism. This course reflects on a range of theories and relates them to the lived experiences of autistic children and young people. A valuable qualification for those interested in the autism field, this is a part-time course specifically designed for professionals working with children and young people in mainstream settings under the age of 19.