Learning partnerships for partnership learning: a case study of the Postgraduate Certificate in

Introduction This paper describes the design and operation of a postgraduate level course for individuals working in the field of cross-sector partnership. In presenting this case study, the author seeks to demonstrate how innovative approaches to course design can be used to meet the challenges of facilitating learning for professionals in a relatively new, but globally important, field of work. Within the established literature on adult learning, the paper acknowledges three main traditions, those of interprofessional education, problem-based learning and experiential learning. Drawing on these (often complementary) perspectives, the author argues that the principles of working in partnership can be appropriately and enjoyably acquired through a process of learning in partnership.