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Online PGCert Design for Learning Environments: career outlook

Expanding opportunities for your career

Bringing together ideas from multidisciplinary backgrounds, this programme will equip you with a diverse set of skills and build a strong foundation for a growing number of careers that involve leadership, digital transformation, and the integration of technology and artificial intelligence into educational settings. The market for this type of career is growing, as employment of top executives is projected to grow by 6% between 2023 – 2033 (BLS 2025).

The programme trains individuals to act as knowledge brokers, translating and connecting insights from design, technology, education, data science, and business to foster innovation and improve organisational efficiency. Students will graduate prepared to:

  • Deliver ‘mindset change’
  • Offer a critical perspective to the implementation of new technology.
  • Understand the infrastructure of technology and importance of data.
  • Use a ‘design thinking approach’ to implement new approaches.
  • Understand socio-technical implementation in equitable ways.
  • Drive solutions focused change.

Thanks to the broad range of subjects covered, this programme is suitable for professionals working across multiple industries from education and in-house training teams to private learning specialists and CPD providers.

Chief Learning Officer (CLO):

A CLO leads learning and development strategies within an organisation, ensuring that educational initiatives align with overall business goals. With a background in digital transformation and organisational learning, you would be well-equipped to drive innovation in corporate learning environments.

Director of Digital Transformation in Education:

In this role, you’d oversee the integration of new technologies (like AI and data science) into educational systems, aiming to improve both learning outcomes and operational efficiency. Your interdisciplinary knowledge would be crucial for bridging gaps between technology and education.

Additional roles include:

  • Education Technology Consultant
  • Head of Learning
  • Learning Experience Designer (LXD)
  • Performance Consultant
  • Digital Learning Strategist
  • Learning Consultant
  • Organisational Development (OD) Specialist
  • EdTech Product Manager
  • Data-Driven Education Strategist
  • AI in Education Specialist
  • Social Impact Leader in Education

“The course represents the cutting edge of this industry and equips the student with the broad range of valuable skills required to play an integral part of any learning design team. The lecturers are highly qualified, experienced and extremely knowledgable, the materials are accessible and the assessment methods are valid. I cannot recommend the course highly enough.”

– Tyrone Bishop, Online PGCert Design for Learning Environments Graduate, United Kingdom

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Programme outcomes

Career support

Your relationship with the University of Birmingham will continue long after your graduation. To make the most of your future career prospects, we will help you gain the skills, knowledge and attributes that employers are looking for.

One-to-one support

Access one-to-one careers advice and support via the University of Birmingham Careers Network for up to two years after you graduate.

Online community

Connect with your peers and lecturers and keep our thriving online community alive.

Extensive network

Join an alumni network of over 300,000 students worldwide.