Course summary

The National MA Education (Wales): Additional Learning Needs at Aberystwyth University is a truly transformative and sector leading programme for educational professionals in Wales, from early career teachers to senior leaders with an interest in Additional Learning Needs. The educational landscape in Wales is changing rapidly. Teaching not only requires the mastery of a complex set of skills to guide, motivate, and facilitate student learning, but also the ability to enquire into professional practice in order to improve it. The MA Education (Wales): Additional Learning Needs, which has been collaboratively developed by seven universities in Wales, through direct engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including Welsh Government, will ensure that all education professionals in Wales have the same high-quality opportunity to enhance their professional knowledge, engage with research, and to improve their professional practice in the area of Additional Learning Needs. In this programme, students will choose specialist modules in the area of Additional Learning Needs. The course is 3 years part-time. There is no full-time option. The programme consists of 200 hours of study per 20 credit module, of which 22 will be contact hours. Learning will be a blend of online and face-to-face. Activities will be a combination of lectures, seminars, group activities and individual activities. Students on this course will join students on the same course at 6 other HEIs. Entry Requirements Candidates must hold Qualified Teacher Status and be currently employed in the compulsory education sector in the UK. Funding Funding opportunities may be available to those currently employed in the compulsory education sector in Wales, subject to confirmation from the Welsh Government.