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Professional Practice - MA, MSc

Professional Practice - MA, MSc

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

3 years

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Health Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

MA Professional Practice programme is a part-time, work-related learning programme designed for participants from private, public and third sector settings such as education, local government, public services, health and social care, human resources, administrative services, cultural industries, arts etc. It offers opportunity for Accreditation of Prior Experiential and/or Certificated Learning or Credit Transfer.

Who is the programme for?

This Master's programme offers you the opportunity to attain academic recognition for the skills, knowledge and experience that you have developed in the workplace. Focusing on a specific area of practice relevant to your work, it builds on your work experience and qualifications to enhance your career progression.

You explore your profession further and consider the professional challenges associated within your specific area of practice, with modules that have been designed to help you review and analyse the current debates relevant to the professional context in which you are working.

Alternative exit awards

The programme has the following alternative exit awards, subject to credit numbers:

Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice (60 credits)
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice (60 credits - 120 credits in total).

Assessments can be through:

  • Oral presentations
  • Written assignments
  • Work-based projects
  • Portfolio assessments
  • Reflecting learning submissions
  • Action Learning Sets

Careers

Building on Kent’s success as the region’s leading institution for student employability, we offer many opportunities for you to develop the specific skills and aptitudes that employers will value.

A postgraduate degree in professional practice is a particularly valuable and flexible qualification that can open the door to exciting careers in many professions. Our graduates have gone on to work as head teachers, head of human resources and organisation development, college and university administration managers. Most recent graduates have gone on to work for companies in the UK such as Medway NHS Foundation Trust, The Thinking Schools Alliance, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC), Rochester Grammar School, Chatham Grammar School for Boys and the University of Kent.

Modules

The aim of this module is to able students to demonstrate that they have the relevant professional experience to be able to undertake the programme and develop the academic knowledge and skills to complete their studies. It will assist students to understand the relationship between professional and academic knowledge and the importance of understanding the context in which their professional knowledge is developed. Students will be required to produce a convincing argument that shows the connection between their existing professional knowledge and the requirements of academic study, such as the ability to structure concepts when thinking and making professional judgements in their professional practice, or using experiential approaches to experience and/or act out the behaviours, knowledge and values of their own professional practice. Although the knowledge base will primarily be the students own professional experience students will be introduced to theories of experiential learning and reflective practice which will support them to understand how professional knowledge is generated and the importance of self directed study.
WL883 - Evidence-Based Practice (30 Credits) - Core

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,300

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

To be confirmed

Entry requirements

Applicants are normally required to have a minimum of two years’ professional experience and hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent professional qualification. The Professional Practice progamme is suitable for professionals from a variety of private, public and third sector settings such as health and social care, education, local government and public services.

University information

The University of Kent is an internationally renowned institution located in Canterbury and offers an impressive portfolio of postgraduate degree courses. The university teaches advanced skills, and provides access to fantastic professional networks and learning facilities to help postgraduate students realise their academic and personal goals. Kent's campuses are based in amazing locations, with two UK campuses in Canterbury and Medway...more