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Professional Practice in Education

Duration
3 Years
Start
September 2024
Delivery
Campus Taught

Our Masters in Professional Practice in Education programme is ideal for educational practitioners currently employed in various phases of education. This includes Primary; Secondary; Further Education; Higher Education and broader educational settings such as Alternative Provision and Academies.

Why study with us

  • You'll have the option to exit with a PGDip after two years or one year if you have sufficient accreditation to prior learning (APL) credits. 
  • This is a work-based part-time award. You’ll study part-time while working within an educational setting.
  • Learn from experienced staff with research or practice in the areas of teaching and learning, professional development or education.
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What you'll do

  • The course is delivered part-time over 2 to 3 years. You'll have the flexibility to fit your studies around your employment or current commitments. This enables you more choice in designing your own programme according to your particular areas of interest.
  • Option to accredit prior learning (APL) which will reduce the number of modules you will need to take to complete the award.
  • You can select modules from a range of topics such as; curriculum design, innovation in teaching and learning, professional development, professional writing and communication and Leadership.

Pathways

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If you have a degree (or equivalent) and a Cert Ed, DTLLS or PGCE with no Level 7 credits, the PG Diploma takes two years.

Your teaching qualification will give you credit for one module, so you will take five modules over two years.

You can exit with the PG Diploma or proceed on to the Master’s in Education (MEd) programme for a further year.

If you have a PGCE or PGCert in Learning and Teaching in HE with appropriate Level 7 credits. The PG Diploma takes one year, followed by one more year if you wish to continue and complete the MEd programme.

Module overview

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Year 1

Compulsory modules
  • EH4105: Professional Development
  • EH4106: The Critical Professional
  • EH4107: Curriculum Design
  • EH4116: Leading People and Teams in Education
  • EH4118: Professional Writing and Communication
  • EH4119: Developing Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Assessment
  • EH4121: Introduction to Learning and Teaching in HE
  • EH4122: Enhancing Professional Practice
  • TS3301: Developing Teaching, Learning and Assessment
  • TS4301: Action Research: Deconstructing Practice
  • TS4304: Wider Perspectives in Education and Training (PGCE)
Optional modules
  • ED4995: Designing and Planning your Research Project
  • EH4011: Double Research Project
  • EH4112: Triple Project

EH4105: Professional Development

This module aims to promote Continuing Professional Development for practitioners in education.  It'll enable you to reflect on your professional development needs, plan ways of progressing your own professional development and evaluate its success.

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus, with some online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

75%Face-to-face
25%Online

Please note the delivery information for this course is accurate for the academic year 2023/24. The information displayed in this section may not yet accurately reflect how the course will be delivered in 2024/25 but this information will be updated by October 2023.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

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Dr Clare Winder
Programme Director Teacher Education
School of Psychology and Humanities

Clare is a Principal Lecturer within the School of Humanities, Languages and Global Studies with the role of Programme Director for the Teacher Education Partnership – a partnership of 14 colleges across the North West region delivering a full range of nationally recognised teach...

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Dr Charlotte Barrow
Senior Lecturer in Education
School of Psychology and Humanities

Charlotte teaches and supervises across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, from level 3 (Access, or Year 0), to levels 7 and 8 (Masters, and Doctorate). She has been teaching in the Education team at the University of Central Lancashire since 2004, and her main area ...

Future careers

This programme is ideal for professionals seeking job opportunities in sectors requiring a broad range of education-focused knowledge and analytic skills. Others may choose to seek careers in education leadership and practice, inclusion and social justice, and school improvement. 

Fees and funding

2023/24
UK
Part-time£933 per 20 credits
2024/25
UK
Part-time£1,000 per 20 credits

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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