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Overview
Explore the current understanding mental health in schools
This certificate is designed to support individuals, schools or local authorities who are working on programmes or professional learning activities geared to promoting awareness of mental health in schools.
As the education sector focuses on transformative changes that need to be made post-pandemic, concerns regarding mental health and wellbeing have never been so important.
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have been unprecedented and have created challenges with commentators expressing concerns for children’s mental and physical health.
On this course you will:
- Gain specialist knowledge in mental health awareness in schools.
- Consider the role of mental health within education.
- Earn 60 credits towards our MA Education course.
- Learn from experts in mental health within educational settings.
The Course
Develop your knowledge and skills of mental health support within education settings
Our PGCert Professional Studies in Education, Mental Health Awareness in Schools course covers issues of mental health relevant to staff and students within educational settings across the UK.
Exploring Research: Informing and Changing Practice
This module supports you to become an agent of change within your workplace. You will consider theoretical frameworks that have a clear focus on the place of practitioner research as a tool for improving practice.
Independent Study: Mental Health Awareness in Schools
This module is designed to support those who are working on programmes or professional learning activities geared to promoting awareness of mental health in schools. Topics include a review of relevant policy documents and guidance; indicators of mental ill-health disorders; consideration of how staff are supported with their mental wellbeing and evidence-based interventions.
Teaching and Assessment
Part-time learning that fits around you
Teaching
Delivery of the Postgraduate Certificate: Professional Studies in Education, Mental Health Awareness in Schools takes the form of taught and facilitated sessions over two modules. These will include taught and facilitated sessions plus one-to-one input based at our Bognor Regis campus.
Tutorials will focus upon the substantive topic, facilitating discussion of ideas, research sources and references, theoretical models, policy implications etc.
The delivery of this module will benefit from the use of electronic message board facilities to assist communication between students.
Assessment
You will be asked to demonstrate your independent research skills through literature reviews and essays.
You will be encouraged to complete assignments that are linked to your workplace practice and personal interest.
Experience
Discover dedicated research facilities to support your studies
Expert staff
Learn from expert and experienced teaching staff who are here to support your needs.
Close community
Our commitment to a friendly and close-knit student community contributes to a high degree of success for our graduates.
Learning Resource Centre
The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) contains the library, a café, IT/teaching rooms, and the Support and Information Zone (SIZ).
Library
Our campus library holds more than 200,000 books and over 500,000 eBooks.
Subject specific librarians
If you have difficulty finding material for an essay, seminar or project, subject librarians will be happy to provide assistance.
Careers
Open up a wide variety of professional careers within the education sector
There is the potential that this PGCert will contribute to you applying for a specialist role working within a mental health capacity in an education setting.
Graduates can also use this course as a means to progress into educational administration roles or consultants, as well as work for local or national government with a focus on public education systems.
This course is also designed to maximise career opportunities in a diverse range of alternative settings.
Career paths include roles within:
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Prisons
- Charities
- Museums
- Galleries
- Church and faith organisations
- International development
Further study
You can use this PGCert as a springboard to continue your studies and complete the full MA Education course here at the University of Chichester.
Course Costs
Course Fees
UK fees 2023/24
UK fee 2024/25
For further details about fees, please see our Tuition Fees page.
For further details about international scholarships, please see our Scholarships page.
To find out about any additional costs on this course, please see our Additional Costs page.
University of Chichester alumni who have completed a full undergraduate degree at the University will receive a 15% discount on their postgraduate fees.
Entry Requirements
- An honours degree at 2:2 or higher.
- If English is not your first language then English language proficiency required is IELTS 6.5 (with no element less than 5.5) – or equivalent qualification.
