Graduate Diploma in Education at Victoria University

Overview

Gain advanced skills and knowledge for a variety of education settings. This graduate course extends your career prospects into new and exciting areas.

This course is designed to meet the needs of trainers and teachers in education, community, government and industry. It builds on your qualifications or experience – preparing you for higher roles.

The course provides a perfect mix of hands-on practice and education theory. You’ll gain the confidence and skill set needed to lead school or workplace programs.

We teach up-to-date methods in many areas, including:

• designing and implementing learning programs
• educational leadership
• e-learning
• evaluation and assessment
• vocational training.

There’s also the opportunity to conduct workplace research, aimed at improving training or influencing policy and practice.

This diploma is the second of three graduate courses and successful completion gains you admission to the Master of Education.

Progress to a Master of Education

If you’re aiming for a leadership role in education – or a chance to influence education policy – the Master of Education will help you get there.

Our courses are designed to lead into one another. This course is the second of three that make up the masters degree, following the Graduate Certificate of Education.

The credits earned during your study for the certificate count towards this diploma. Once you’ve successfully completed this Graduate Diploma in Education, you’ll gain entry to the Master of Education – and you’ll already be part way to completing the full masters degree.

A campus with everything

Footscray Park has everything you need, all set a pleasant stroll from the Maribyrnong River and parklands.

Facilities include:

• aquatic and fitness centre
• childcare services
• learning common spaces with WiFi, tables and chairs
• restaurants and café
• state-of-the-art lecture theatres.

The library gives you constant access to online resources from wherever you are. It also has the following for your use:

• 14 group study rooms
• 15 laptops for loan
• 296 PCs and six Apple Macs
• printing, copying and scanning
• WiFi access.

Careers in education, training & development

Postgraduate study is increasingly important in advancing your education career. This course could lead to a work as one of the following:

• education professional in schools or other settings
• manager in specialist education
• policy maker or developer
• workplace trainer.

Salaries

The following are average salaries from the government site, Job Outlook:

• training and development, $83,300
• education management, over $100,000