The Professional Development Capacity Building in the Shannon Consortium project saw a recently developed UL Graduate Diploma/MA in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in Higher Education programme being enhanced and aligned to the needs of the three partner institutions in the Shannon Consortium. In particular, in enhancing the module offerings on the Graduate Diploma, the project sought to develop appropriate guidelines on recognised prior learning for participants on the programme, ensuring that recognition of prior learning is clear, consistent and in line with the values of the National Professional Development Framework.