Postgraduate courses in Professional Education and Training

Your career

Education and training are key factors assisting organisations and businesses to achieve greater productivity, competitiveness, marketability and quality. At the same time, trainers and educators have a strong involvement in the implementation of social policy to assist individuals to access education and training in a relevant and meaningful way. Deakin's Professional Education and Training courses are the right choice, if you:

• are involved in the professional development needs of educators with diverse adult learner groups, learner skills, and contexts for learning and assessment
• are involved in the management of a training establishment and are looking to build organisational capacity and business opportunities
• are working in higher education and want to develop your skills in flexible, online and distance education
• are a teacher who wants to gain a specialist PET qualification in the expanding area of enterprise education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in schools
• want to become involved in research into some aspect of education and training to be eligible to enrol in a higher degree by research.

Employment opportunities

The Professional Education and Training (PET) courses are relevant to people working in business, government, military, health services, higher education, the training sector, or VET in schools. Deakin University's PET program is designed to enable you to customise your course to suit your professional requirements and enhance your career opportunities.

Course Structure

The program is offered at graduate certificate and master levels.

You can choose your units of study to cover a broad range of topics or to enable you to develop a particular focus of study in an area that will best suit your career and employment needs. For example, you can choose units that focus on learning and development, flexible and online learning, workplace and vocational education and training, training for diverse clienteles, or applied learning and VET in schools.

Course duration and delivery

The masters degree normally involves two or more years of part-time, off-campus study. For students who feel they are not yet ready for masters study, or would prefer a shorter course, the University also offers graduate certificate courses in professional education and training. The graduate certificate can be completed in one year of part-time, off-campus study.

Why Choose Deakin University?

Knowledge and skills
Professional Education and Training courses cover key issues, concepts and knowledge required by professional trainers and educators. We consult vocational training and industry personnel about the development of the course content and assessment tasks to ensure our courses are relevant to human resource development specialists, corporate and industry training staff, higher education staff, and Australian and international vocational teachers.

Flexibility
Deakin's postgraduate programs are genuinely flexible to help you fit your studies in with workplace and personal commitments. Additionally, we provide flexibility with assessment to ensure the work is directly relevant to your circumstances. Regardless of where you live, resources can be posted to offcampus students or accessed from our comprehensive electronic collection.

Quality
At Deakin we pride ourselves on providing quality postgraduate courses for people working or aspiring to work in professional education and training. Quality is evident in all aspects of our courses from the standard of study materials to teaching staff who are leaders in their field. Ranked among the best in the world, our library service has set a benchmark for Australian universities.

Technology
As a Deakin student you will have access to the best new technologies. Email, chat groups, podcasts and the internet are widely used and Deakin's lecture streaming service gives you online access to recorded lectures for many units. All units offer a dedicated teaching and learning site Deakin Studies Online.

Networks
As a Deakin postgraduate student you will become part of a network of researchers, academics, practitioners and alumni. You will have access to specialist knowledge and will establish new contacts with people who are shaping and influencing all levels of professional education and training.