Education MA

The National MA Education (Wales) is a truly transformative and sector-leading programme for educational professionals in Wales, from early career teachers to senior leaders.<br/><br/><br/>- The educational landscape in Wales is changing rapidly. Teaching not only requires the mastery of a complex set of skills to guide, motivate, and facilitate student learning, but also the ability to enquire into professional practice in order to improve it.<br/><br/><br/>- This course, which has been collaboratively developed by seven universities in Wales, through direct engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including the Welsh government, will ensure that all education professionals in Wales have the same high-quality opportunity to enhance their professional knowledge, engage with research, and to improve their professional practice.<br/><br/><br/>Key course features:<br/>- This national programme is delivered across Wales by seven Welsh universities working together to provide the National Master’s at local centres across Wales.<br/><br/><br/>- The programme reflects the key education priorities in Wales and looks outwards to draw upon the expertise of internationally recognised guest lecturers.<br/><br/><br/>- The programme is delivered using a blended approach of online learning and three face-to-face National Saturdays each semester, where teachers can get together to exchange their experiences of best practice.<br/><br/><br/>- Teachers with an undergraduate QTS qualification can gain their degree in three years of part-time study.<br/><br/><br/>- Teachers who have gained 60 M level credits during their PGCE QTS programme can enter the degree programme in the second year of study and complete it in two years. <br/><br/><br/>- The programme is available for delivery and assessment bilingually, in collaboration with university partners with the relevant subject expertise in Welsh and English.<br/>