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Course summary

The MA Education is a flexibly taught masters course designed primarily for those who work or aspire to work in any field of education and training and whose aim is to develop and improve upon their practice, enhance their professional profile and engage in rigorous research and high level inquiry into their working context. Whatever stage you are at in your career, we invite you to come and join our learning community as we move into a new phase of development in our postgraduate and doctoral offer. We will equip you as you enter the next phase of your professional life to achieve the excellence you desire for yourselves and those you seek to inspire. Key features

  • Awards: The course offers the following awards: MA Education (180 credits), Postgraduate Diploma Education (120 credits) and Postgraduate Certificate Education (60 credits). These non-specialist awards offer maximum flexibility, with students able to choose optional modules from the full range available.
  • Specialist pathways: The choice of a number of specialist pathway awards are also available in the following areas: Early Childhood, Leadership and Management, Mentoring and Coaching, and Special and Inclusive Education (inc. PGCert Education (Special Educational Needs Coordination) NASC).
  • Flexibility: The programme of study can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis. Modules are delivered at weekends, in the evenings and online to maximise accessibility and to allow students to retain their other professional and family commitments.
  • International and full-time route: This route meets the needs of professionals wishing to study and familiarise themselves with the UK educational environment alongside their own contrasting experience. The programme consists of three taught modules in each of the first two terms and a three-module Dissertation in the third term.
Pathways Studying our MA Education (generic route) will allow you free choice of all modules and allows student to gain a broad knowledge and understanding in a number of key areas. The MA Education also embraces a number of specialist pathways, which will allow you to deepen your knowledge and understanding in an area of particular relevance to your current (or future) professional context. These pathways are:
  • Early Childhood
  • Leadership and Management
  • Mentoring and Coaching
  • Special and Inclusive Education

Modules

Please see the University website for full details.

Assessment method

A range of assessment methods are used to provide students with the maximum opportunity to achieve success. These include: essays, critiques and analyses which encourage critical thinking; critical reviews; assessment by enquiry based learning and action research; individual and group seminar presentations; poster presentations; reflective accounts; case studies and presentations of cases; various modules utilise portfolio approaches to assessment.

Entry requirements

A 1st or 2nd Class Honours degree in a relevant subject area; a wide range of relevant experience. The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.5 (with no less than 5.5 in each component). Other English Language qualifications will be considered.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please see the university website for fee details.
Education at University of Worcester - UCAS