Comparative Education MA

This masters degree will:

• enhance your awareness of education systems, traditions and issues in a number of countries
• help you to understand relationships between education and other social phenomena by introducing the concepts and skills you need for systematic comparison
• critically examine how international comparisons are used and misused in policy-making.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• join one of the few specialist comparative programmes in the UK
• gain a rigorous multidisciplinary grounding in the comparative analysis of education and society
• deepen your understanding of contemporary issues in education
• access new international career opportunities
• work with an international group of students.

Who is this programme for?

Anyone working or intending to work in education who wishes to understand education in a global context.

Entry requirements

A good first degree in a relevant subject.

Core topics

• Education: theories and methods
• Educational traditions and systems in Europe
• Education and development in Asia Related topics
• Education policy
• Minorities, migrants and refugees in national education systems
• Planning for education and development
• Social histories of British education
• Lifelong learning: theories and perspectives.

How are you assessed?

By coursework assignments of 5,000 words, and a 20,000-word dissertation.

Attendance

Face-to-face evening sessions. Attendance may vary depending on your choice of optional modules.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• local and central government advisers
• charity managers
• researchers and lecturers.

Core modules

• Comparative Education: Theories and Methods
• Education and Development in Asia
• Education Traditions And Systems In Europe
• Minorities, Migrants and Refugees in European Education

Recommended modules

• Education and Development in Asia