Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals

8-week executive online course for faculty members, academic teachers and researchers to recognise, understand and address ethical issues in higher education institutions.

What you will learn

The 8-week executive online course on Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals empowers faculty members, academic teachers and researchers to reflect on ethical dilemmas in the context of teaching, conducting research, accompanying students and engaging with higher education policies through the lens of an ethicist.

Course objectives

Upon completion of the Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals course, you will be able to:
  • Analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas, and propose solutions from different theoretical ethical perspectives or approaches and apply them in your area of study or work in higher education;
  • Gain knowledge of core ethical principles, standards and competence to execute a detailed analysis of ethical dilemmas, and skills relevant to employability in constructing a framework for a higher education institution's code of ethics

Learn more about this flexible, online, distance learning course: read the Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals course brochure.

Units

Unit 1 Why should I be ethical?
Unit 2 Ethical Decision Making
Unit 3 Ethics of Service Delivery
Unit 4 Publication Ethics
Unit 5 Plagiarism
Unit 6 Assessment Fraud and Examination Cheating
Unit 7 Harassment and Bullying: Workplace bullying in universities
Unit 8 University codes of ethics, rules and regulations
Final Assignment

This executive online course is designed to empower academics and management of higher education institutions to be aware of the full spectrum of their responsibilities in terms of ethics and good practices pertaining to the various facets of their roles. It is held 100% online to facilitate flexible, accessible learning no matter where participants are located, and is run over 8 weeks, focusing on one unit each week.

Schedule

The Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals course will begin in the week commencing 9 October 2023.

The schedule for the weekly one-hour live sessions will be arranged with the input of the instructors and participants. All live sessions will be recorded and made available to registered participants on the course platform.

Workload

This 8-week course has an estimated total workload of 73 hours (including 1.5 hour live synchronous learning session every other week (6 hours total) and estimated self-guided study time, excluding additional time for facultative networking).

Assessment and certification

Participants electing for the Certificate Track course will take a Final Assignment at the end of the course, and will receive a Certificate on completion of all course requirements to verify their achievement and increase job prospects.

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Diyva Singh

Prof. Dr, Law, South Africa, Chief Academic Officer, Stadio Holdings

South Africa

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Gilles Bach

Strategy Consultant in the Data, AI and digital transformation space

France/Switzerland

Classes conducted in English require upper intermediate proficiency in English to follow the live sessions and to read the course material.

Globethics Academy aims to make its courses inclusive and accessible to all. All open courses, unless otherwise stated, are available as Basic Track or Certificate Track options.

The Basic Track option, without final assignment and certificate of attendance, is free of charge.

The Certificate Track option is based on the World Bank Development Indicators. The price of the courses is adjusted depending on where in the world the course participant lives. Learners from lower-income regions will pay less than learners from higher-income regions.

Certificate Track courses are priced as follows:

Country income
classification
Certificate Track course price
High income300 USD
Upper-middle income250 USD
Lower-middle income150 USD
Low income100 USD

To pay the correct price for your country, on the registration page, you’ll have to select your course and your country income classification according to the World Bank Map, before following the instructions to complete your registration and payment, either via Stripe, PayPal or bank transfer.

What's included

All learning materials are delivered entirely online. You’ll have access to a course website, which includes:

  • a unit overview
  • course-specific materials and activities
  • audio and video content
  • discussion forums

All the interactive materials from our courses are available as downloadable PDF versions for low bandwidth connections.

Globethics Specialised Open Access Ethics Library

Registered course participants benefit of a full and lifelong access to the Globethics Specialised Open Access Ethics Library, upon free registration, with more than 75 special collections, inter alia collections on sustainable development and environmental ethics, more than 150 journals, and more than 3.6 million books, articles, research papers, conference reports and other documents.

Computing requirements

You will need broadband internet access and a desktop or laptop computer with an up-to-date version of Windows (10 or 11), or macOS (10.15 or higher).

It is also possible to access our learning management system on a mobile phone, tablet device, however, as you will have to download the moodle application for Android or MacOs.

For the assignments and final assignment, you will be required to use any word processor, such as Microsoft Word, Google Sheets, Pages, and convert it to a PDF, you can download it here.

Globethics is a quality provider for online and blended learning course programmes with a dual accreditation by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) and the European Agency for Higher Education and Accreditation (EAHEA).

Upon successful completion of the qualification requirements of this course, Certificate Track students are awarded a Course Completion Certificate

This course has been accredited by EAHEA for the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), a credit system designed to facilitate the recognition of learning outcomes and student mobility within European higher education institutions. It helps students to move between countries and to have their academic qualifications and study periods abroad recognised. This online/distance course is subject to the 3 ECTS, 6 CATS, and 1.5 USC credits avocational education system in the field of Individual Courses.

Course Registration

Registration for the course, including Stripe payment, can be completed fully online. A confirmation email with the online platform access credentials will be sent to all registered participants prior to the course start date.

The deadline for registration is 1 week (5 working days) prior to the start of the course.

Globethics Academy Policies

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Duration8 weeks
Starting date9 October 2023
PriceFree
Course certification from 100 USD depending on country income classification
Workload73 hours (8 online modules)
1.5 hour live synchronous learning session every other week (6 hours total)
ECTS3 ECTS (6 CATS or 1.5 USC) credits
Subjects Education, teaching, research
Language English
Study Method Distance learning

Certification from 100 USD

Verified Quality

Receive an executive programme certificate with our logo to verify your achievement and increase your job prospects

Easily Shareable

Add the certificate to your CV or resume, or post it directly on LinkedIn

Transferable Credits

Transfer academic credits to your higher education institution thanks to our ECTS accreditation

Monitor Your Progress

Benefit from a personal instructor associated with the course to accompany and evaluate your learning progress

Access Special Content

Access additional videos and the final assignment

Nature

Accreditations
 

Globethics is accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) and the European Agency for Higher Education and Accreditation (EAHEA) as a quality provider of online courses. This course is also accredited by EAHEA for the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). 

BAC accredited institution

 

 

EAHEA accredited institution

EAHEA accredited institution

Benchmarked by ECCTIS
 

This course has been officially benchmarked by the Education Counselling and Credit Transfer Information Service (ECCTIS)/ United Kingdom National Information Centre for the Recognition and Evaluation of International Qualifications and Skills (UK ENIC).

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