I'm very sorry if this question has already been asked and answered many times before, but being quite new to educational development and, in particular PG Certs, I'd be very grateful for any information at all on what other institutions do where staff on a compulsory PG Cert HE ask to defer their coursework. Our PG Cert HE is running for the first time as a compulsory course for new staff and is a stand-alone, accredited certificate, but is not tied to probation or appraisal. Participants are supposed to complete in one year, having been given 200 hours for the course on their workload. At present, several participants are asking to defer their coursework as deadlines are looming. We can foresee this being an on-going problem, in that they defer, then do not prioritise the work, as it's on a back-burner, then defer again and again and ... our non-completion rates go through the roof!
Thank you for your help!
Jo
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