Education MA

Course overview

Our Education MA is a flexible programme taught in the evenings and on weekends. Explore the links between theory, policy and practice in education. Examine these links at local, national and global levels. You’ll study alongside individuals with interests in wide-ranging educational issues. With your peers, you’ll explore innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment. You'll also engage with current issues in education to develop your understanding.

Explore education form different perspectives. Learn from the library and archive professionals or those in museum education. Or, work alongside mentors, with early years teachers, playworkers of Children's Centre managers.

We offer you the opportunity to become immersed in a student-centred environment. Apply your current expertise and shape the course to complement your professional practice. Undertake research in areas of your choice and develop as an independent learner.

Career outcomes

Our Education MA gives you the skills and insight necessary to pursue many careers. Jobs directly related to your degree include:

• Community education officer
• Early years teacher
• Education administrator
• Education consultant
• English as a foreign language teacher
• Further education teacher
• Learning mentor
• Primary school teacher
• Secondary school teacher
• Special educational needs teacher
• Teaching assistant

Jobs where your degree would be useful:

• Careers adviser
• Child psychotherapist
• Counsellor
• Family support worker
• Health play specialist
• Museum education officer
• Play therapist
• Private tutor
• Youth worker

Entry onto this postgraduate course requires a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree in Education or another related subject. If your degree is not in Education or a related discipline but you can demonstrate extensive work experience in the field, your application may be considered