Education (Wales)

Entry requirements

Applicants must have Qualified Teacher Status (primary or secondary) to be eligible for this programme.

In addition to the direct application form, applicants for this programme are required to complete the National MA Education (Wales) Supplementary Application Form OR the Recognition of Prior Learning Application Form, if claiming RPL with your application*. This completed form should be emailed to admissions@glyndwr.ac.uk on completion.

Due to the complexity of the application and funding application process for the National MA Education (Wales), we will endeavour to communicate whether your application has been successful as soon as possible, but at this point we are not able to provide a detailed timeframe for response. If you have any questions about the status of your application at any time, do please contact us at enquiries@glyndwr.ac.uk.

*If you wish to claim RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) for this programme, please see the National MA Education RPL guide.

More information can be found on the National MA Education Wales website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

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.

• 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.
• 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.

Key course features:

• This national programme is delivered across Wales by seven Welsh universities working together to provide the National Master’s at local centres across Wales.
• The programme reflects the key education priorities in Wales and looks outwards to draw upon the expertise of internationally recognised guest lecturers.
• 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.
• Teachers with an undergraduate QTS qualification can gain their degree in three years of part-time study.
• 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.
• The programme is available for delivery and assessment bilingually, in collaboration with university partners with the relevant subject expertise in Welsh and English.

Fees and funding

You do not have to pay your tuition fees upfront.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & finance pages. You will also find information about what your fees include in the fee FAQs.

All fees are subject to any changes in government policy, view our postgraduate fees.