Postgraduate Pathway: Education, English Language, and Creative Writing

Our Pre-masters Pathway in Education, English Language, and Creative Writing will help to prepare you for studying these subjects at postgraduate level. You will develop a range of academic and communicative skills such as, research theory and practice, independent learning, psychology and ethics, qualitative and quantitative research, and scientific/ social sciences research methods.

With an Education related master’s degree, you will develop and enhance your skills and understanding of professional practice. Working in partnership with recognised bodies, mental health trusts and hundreds of schools, ARU are accredited and well connected. You’ll benefit from those connections, along with opportunities to go on placement, and pioneering research that feeds into our teaching. With content relating to policy and practice in schools, reflecting contemporary theories, a master’s degree in education provides scope for exploring key issues in school settings and refining personal professional practice and your research skills.

If it’s English Literature that you’re interested in studying, rest assured that ARU is the place to do so! Our English Literature BA concentrates on three periods of literary history, focusing heavily on politics and social change and ARU were judged ''world-leading'' in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021). If you’re looking to advance your teaching career or move into academia, then MA English Literature could be the perfect choice for you as the skills you will learn will provide new directions for your future career and form the basis for your future study. Cambridge is a city famous for language teaching and MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL will help you to improve your theoretical understanding of language learning and develop professional teaching skills. Furthermore, with our Creative Writing MA you will be given the opportunity to study the most acclaimed writers of the past 200 years and discover the techniques they used, as well practising and sharing your writing skills with a group of fellow writers.

Pathway progression

MA Education with Early Childhood

MA Education

MA Education with Montessori

MA Education with Leadership and Management

MA Education with Special Educational Needs and Disability

Completion of a recognised Bachelor Degree, pass grade, or successful completion of 15 years of education.