MSc Education
Our MSc Education programme is designed for practitioners, educational leaders and professionals or anybody with an interest in education who seeks to deepen their understanding of learning, teaching and education as a field of study. Whether you are interested in educational policy, international development, inclusive education, brain, mind and education, the uses of technology in education, or maths education, our course structure allows you to find a particular specialism to tailor your studies according to your career goals and professional needs.
How the programme works
You can choose any of our eight specialisms to match your interests, each dedicated to a key area within the field of education:
- Digital Education
- Educational Neuroscience
- Higher Education
- Inclusive Education
- Leadership and Policy
- Learning and Teaching
- Mathematics Education
- Policy and International Development
For those who prefer to organise their own programme of studies, units can be taken from across the different specialisms and from a range of available optional units to build a tailored programme of study. For example, if your interests span both educational policy and the use of technology in education, you might combine units from the Leadership and Policy specialism with units from the Digital Education specialism.
Explore the specialisms
Digital Education
This specialism focuses on developing a critical and creative understanding of how digital technologies are shaping education, learning and society.
Educational Neuroscience
This specialism seeks to enrich the thinking and practice of these professionals with insights about typical and atypical learning from the sciences of the mind and brain.
Higher Education
This specialism is designed to explore different aspects of the higher education sector, including its sociological configurations, the global dynamics, leadership and management, and meta-research governance of higher education.
Inclusive Education
This specialism explores and critiques barriers in society that prevent disabled people’s (and individuals with labels of ‘special’ educational needs) inclusion and participation as individuals with rights to citizenship.
Leadership and Policy
This specialism develops knowledge and skills for: leading and managing staff, promoting social justice in educational organisations, using and conducting research, and policy analysis.
Learning and Teaching
This specialism is well-suited to students, especially those post PGCE, who have an interest in pedagogy, and are keen to engage in a pathway with options that explore various issues related to Teaching and Learning.
Mathematics Education
This specialism is aimed at mathematics teachers and other professionals working in mathematics education.
Policy and International Development
This specialism probes the influence of global policy agendas on education and the contribution that education makes to social justice, economic growth and sustainable development.