Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Study Details: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Our MA Education is designed for educators and professionals who want to explore the potential of education to build confidence, spark curiosity, and drive meaningful change. You’ll critically examine how policy influences practice and how educators can respond to social, political, and increasing global pressures.
The course recognises the everyday realities of teaching and leadership, such as workload demands, external scrutiny including Ofsted, and the challenge of maintaining professional autonomy. Through reflection, theory, and practice, you’ll develop the insight and confidence to find your voice and influence change within your own educational context.
We offer both full-time and part-time study options. The full-time route suits those taking time out to focus on their studies, while the part-time pathway is designed to fit around professional commitments, allowing you to apply your learning directly to your current role.
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Our broad and reflective course aims to progress your career in education and enhance your academic skills for further research ventures. Whilst our masters programmes do not qualify you to teach, our suite of masters courses are designed to help you enhance current practice, raise professional and academic confidence and secure positions in the field of education, leadership, consultancy or research scholarships.
Some of our graduates take on roles in nurseries, schools, and colleges, others engage with the wider educational sector. Many of our alumni have attained promotions, such as leadership roles and attribute this success and their confidence in their new roles to their master’s study. Other graduates have gone on to secure posts in higher education as university lecturers, teacher educators and academic support staff. Some of our students on the full-time route progress to train as teachers. International students from our full-time route have gone on to work in their local or national departments of education and use their learning to contribute to the developmental of education systems in their own country.
Our graduates have also used our courses to help further careers, either in their current sector, or to make an informed move into a different role or field of education. Many students who complete our courses intend to study at PhD level. If you’re considering pursuing a research degree (such as an MPhil, PhD or EdD) in education, this masters course is a good foundation towards that ambition. Each year, several of our current and former students win scholarships for further study or have articles published.
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