Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education MA

This masters degree will:

• develop your practical teaching skills
• increase your understanding of the issues and factors which affect learning in higher and professional education
• allow you to reflect on key underlying educational philosophies, pedagogy and your academic experience in order to enhance your professional practice
• give you the opportunity to undertake a small-scale research project
• address nationally agreed professional standards.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• be eligible for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as a route to becoming a Registered Practitioner (completion of set modules applies)
• build on the Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education .

Who is this programme for?

Lecturers and other professionals working in further, higher or professional education.

Entry requirements

A good first degree or equivalent. You should currently be employed in an appropriate educational or professional institution, since the programme requires practical work within a teaching or training context, and elements of the assessment framework are also strongly related to your employment context.

Core topics

• University and professional teaching
• Assessing learning
• Designing courses and curricula
• ICT in teaching or training in higher and professional education
• Supervisory and professional practice
• Improving lecturing
• Learning in small groups
• Innovation and change in higher and professional education
• Learning and teaching for adults.

How are you assessed?

By coursework assignments (including a portfolio of practice), practical activities and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.

Attendance

Face-to-face evening sessions, regular inductions and tutorials, and one-day, two-day and three-day workshops.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• university lecturers
• teaching clinicians in a range of professional roles
• music conservatoire educators.

Core modules

• Assessing Learning
• Designing Courses and Curricula
• Developing Supervisory and Professional Practice
• Improving Lecturing
• Incorporating ICT into Teaching/Training Practice in Higher and Professional Education
• Innovation and Change in Higher and Professional Education
• Learning and Teaching for Adults
• Learning in Small Groups

Recommended modules

• Assessing Learning
• Designing Courses and Curricula
• Developing Supervisory and Professional Practice
• Education for the Professions
• Improving Lecturing
• Incorporating ICT into Teaching/Training Practice in Higher and Professional Education
• Innovation and Change in Higher and Professional Education
• Learning and Teaching for Adults
• Learning in Small Groups
• Understanding Education Research