Course summary

Develop the skills and knowledge to become a changemaker, leader, or critical practitioner in the field of education. Empower yourself to enact positive change in education and explore creative responses to contemporary challenges in the field. During this course, you’ll develop key capabilities needed across a range of established and emerging areas of education, including research-informed practice. This will put you in a better position to start or advance your career in the sector. You’ll broaden and deepen your critical awareness of current educational debates such as how to educate for sustainable futures and global citizenship. You’ll also develop the analytical and critical skills required to challenge and improve policies and practices at local, regional and global scales in a variety of contexts. As well as this, you’ll explore a range of topics relevant to many aspects of education, which could include:

• sustainable development and climate change

• globalisation and international education

• education policy

• technology in education including AI

• social inequality and citizenship

• learning cultures and educational wellbeing

• curriculum design and educational assessment

• a greater appreciation of innovative approaches to education

• a thorough understanding of current educational issues including those connected to equality, diversity and inclusion

• the ability to use this understanding to enhance your professional practice

• the ability to recognise ways in which research and theory are used in education and how to apply these effectively in your own academic and professional work

• analytical and critical thinking skills

• the skills to contribute effectively to the development of educational policies and practices at different levels and in a range of contexts

• critical evaluation of existing policies or practices

• activities aimed at creating improvement or reform

• internationalisation projects

• contribution to institutional marketing efforts

• community engagement or outreach

• critical analysis of data

• teaching (in schools and other contexts)

• lecturing

• professional training

• educational leadership

• educational management and administration

• educational consultancy

• policy development

• stakeholder liaison roles

• international development

• project management

• community engagement