How Universities Can Make PGCAP More Reflective, Scalable and Easier To Run

Running a strong PGCAP programme means helping new and developing academics build confidence, reflect meaningfully on their practice, and supporting engagement with the Professional Standards Framework. It should not mean drowning your team in observation logistics and feedback admin.

In this webinar, we explore a more flexible approach to PGCAP delivery that reduces the logistical burden on programme leaders, supports richer participant reflection against the PSF, and creates a more developmental experience for staff throughout their programme.

What you will take away

• A practical framework for embedding structured reflection into your observation cycle
• A real-world example of how one university redesigned its PGCAP process to be more scalable and more meaningful
• Ideas for how video and AI can support participants in reflecting independently, before and between observer meetings
• A clearer picture of what a less admin-heavy, more outcomes-focused PGCAP can look like in practice

Who This Is For

Programme leaders, academic developers, and anyone responsible for the design or delivery of PGCAP, PGCHE, or equivalent programmes at their institution.

Your Speaker

Helen Waters, Associate Professor of Education at University College Birmingham. Helen has built one of the most developed uses of video reflection and AI-supported feedback in PGCAP delivery in the UK. She will share openly what UCB has built, what has worked, and what other institutions can take and adapt.