About this course

The programme is designed around three core and two optional modules. In your first year of study, a core module will allow you to explore key issues within a wider educational context and two optional modules will allow you to develop your own expertise and leadership in your chosen specialism. In the second year of study, you will undertake a core module about educational research and then complete a research project focused on an area of education of your own choice.

On completion of the MA Education at BGU, you will have developed your critical understanding of education, deepened your knowledge of your chosen specialism and enhanced your practice and career prospects in the workplace.

If you have any questions about the MA Education please contact the Programme Leader, Dr Steve McNichol, via email at steven.mcnichol@bishopg.ac.uk.

To help support you, students may be eligible for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan, which will help with the cost of course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate master’s course. Click here for more information.

A 20% discount is available for those with a 1st or 2:1 degree classification, and 30% discount is available for BGU alumni.

How you will be taught

The MA Education is an in-person face-to-face taught programme, where you will attend taught sessions on campus for two Saturdays per module. Between the taught days, you will be provided with resources to undertake further independent study.

Careers & Further study

Many graduates of this course have found their career progression enhanced as a direct or indirect result of following this course. More significantly, they have been directly in involved in research education and developed these skills professionally in an educational context. Through the building of systematic enquiry skills and incisive critical engagement with educational issues, graduates of the MA in Education have demonstrated that they have enhanced their practice and made a direct impact on their settings as learning communities.

Completing the MA Education can open the door to study for a PhD or professional doctorate such as the EdD, both of which can be studied here at BGU. Some graduates move onto teaching positions in higher education or to leadership positions within an educational organisation.

Fees & Finance

A lot of student finance information is available from numerous sources, but it is sometimes confusing and contradictory. That’s why at BGU we try to give you all the information and support we can to help to throughout the process. Our Student Advice team are experts in helping you sort out the funding arrangements for your studies, offering a range of services to guide you through all aspects of student finance step by step.

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For all applicants, there are full instructions here to make it as easy as possible for you to fill in your online application, plus help text where appropriate.