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Education (Online) at Birmingham Newman University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Open days

23Nov
Birmingham Newman University Open Day
Postgraduate
15Jan
Birmingham Newman University Mini Open Event
Postgraduate
22Jan
Birmingham Newman University Mini Open Event
Postgraduate

Course summary

The MA Education offered by Birmingham Newman University is designed for teachers, lecturers and other professionals who work in educational and allied settings. It affords professionals the opportunity to reflect on their experiences and to develop their knowledge and understanding in education. This MA Education course is run online, with optional on-campus activities. If you are looking to study on campus, take a look at the MA Education on campus degree. Depending on which modules you choose and the focus of your dissertation or research project, you can be awarded either an MA in Education, or an MA in Education with one of the following named awards:

  • Learning and Teaching
  • Leadership and Management
  • Inclusion and Special Educational Needs and Disability
  • Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Mentoring and Coaching
  • Safeguarding
  • Social Justice (modules available to choose from September 2024)
If you have already studied at Masters’ level before (e.g. PGCert, or an NPQ), you may be able to apply for your credits to be recognised towards your MA qualification through the university’s RPcL process. You might also be able to apply for recognition of your experiential learning through the university’s RPeL process. Please speak to the programme leader to discuss these.

Modules

Please refer to the Birmingham Newman University website for details.

Assessment method

Assessments are varied on the programme, with modules offer different means of assessment formats including portfolios, presentations, written reports and essays, work-based studies and practical tasks. The course will recognise your needs as a learner and develop independent study skills that are transferable to a range of learning situations and assessment tasks.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Entry requirements

Please refer to the Newman University website for details.

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 refer to the Newman University website for details. Partner schools, colleges, institutions, Birmingham Catholic Primary Partnership members, Titan Partnership members are currently eligible for a 10% discount. Alumni are also entitled to a 10% discount. Discounts cannot be combined. Please refer to the Birmingham Newman University website for further details.
Education (Online) at Birmingham Newman University - UCAS