Educational Studies

Entry requirements

2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) and professional teacher training in education or a related profession, eg social work, nursery nursing, clinical nursing. (Recognition is also given for professional experience with extra weighting given to experience in a promoted post)

International students with academic qualifications below those required should contact our partner institution, Glasgow International College, who offer a range of pre-Masters courses.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This programme is designed to deepen your understanding of education so that you can critically analyse education practice, provisions and policy in your own current or future professional context. They support you in interrogating research literature and in undertaking educational research in your own areas of study.

• This programmes offers you the opportunity to explore different perspectives and aspects of education through a variety of optional courses.
• The programme is for you if you are a qualified teacher looking to extend and enhance your professional career. You will be given the opportunity of focusing on your own professional contexts and practices.
• The programme offers an opportunity for the advanced study of education within a broad framework of courses. The scope is broad, representing important and influential educational ideas from a range of disciplines.

Information for international students

Please see the English language requirements.

Fees and funding

Qualification and course duration

MEd

Further details of qualification

The MEd in Educational Studies deepens your understanding of education so that you can better analyse the practice, provisions and policy that are critical within your own professional context.