MA Education at Manchester Metropolitan University

Programme overview

Our MA Education is designed for educators and professionals who want to explore the potential of education to build confidence, spark curiosity and drive meaningful change. You'll critically examine how policy, research and theory influence educational practice, and how educators can respond to social, political and global challenges. The course recognises the realities of contemporary educational work while providing space to reflect on the purposes of education and your role within it.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Education | Department: School of Education | Duration: 1 year full-time (on campus); 2 years part-time (blended learning) | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Whether you choose our part-time or full-time route, your MA Education will be made up of 180 credits consisting of four modules and a dissertation. The programme is designed to help you explore key educational debates, engage critically with research, examine the relationship between policy and practice, and use educational theory to understand contemporary issues. Modules core: Key Discourses in Education, Researching Education, Thinking with Theory, Policy, Politics and Practice in Education, Dissertation.

Career pathways

Our broad and reflective course aims to progress your career in education and enhance your academic skills for further research ventures. Whilst our masters programmes do not qualify you to teach, our suite of masters courses are designed to help you enhance current practice, raise professional and academic confidence and secure positions in the field of education, leadership, consultancy or research scholarships.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You must have a first degree, postgraduate diploma or professional qualification recognised as equivalent to an undergraduate UK honours degree of at least a 2:2. Other qualifications or experience may be considered. Advanced standing. If you’ve completed a PGCE within the last five years, you can normally join the course with advanced standing. This means you’ll put 60 credits from your PGCE towards your masters and complete less units to achieve your MA. Usually, this means you’ll complete just two core units before progressing to your Dissertation. With the agreement of your programme leader, other relevant and recent level seven qualifications may also permit advanced standing. If you do not have a recent level seven qualification, you may be eligible to claim for recognition of prior experiential learning (e.g. relevant work experience). Further advice and guidance on this will be available after you enrol. English language. Applicants whose first language is not English must have IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time (on campus); 2 years part-time (blended learning)

Apply through the official page: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/ma-education#how-to-apply

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