Education Futures (Online Learning) PgCert
University of Edinburgh
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Postgraduate Certificate

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University of Edinburgh

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SEP-25

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9 months

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Education, in all its forms, is essential to a thriving society. How organisations, systems and people learn and change profoundly affects our lives, our surroundings and our futures. This MSc is a bold new programme for those who wish to engage critically with educational possibilities for the future, and understand how educational knowledge, organisations, spaces and relationships can positively shape societies.The EFI Education Futures programme is designed to respond to the need for ...Read more

Education, in all its forms, is essential to a thriving society. How organisations, systems and people learn and change profoundly affects our lives, our surroundings and our futures. This MSc is a bold new programme for those who wish to engage critically with educational possibilities for the future, and understand how educational knowledge, organisations, spaces and relationships can positively shape societies.

The EFI Education Futures programme is designed to respond to the need for creative, critical and experimental thinking across education in schools, universities and colleges, and learning within communities, industries and organisations. Some of the issues you will explore include mobility, politics, environmental change, culture, social justice and how data-driven systems for managing and understanding the world influence learning and education.

Online learning

EFI’s flexible learning model allows students to study on a fully online basis, or to combine online with on-campus study. Since online and on-campus students will be studying together, and we want to provide flexibility to move from on-campus to online study, we are charging the same tuition fee levels for online study as for on-campus study.

Career opportunities

The programme is aimed at both professionals and recent graduates who work in, or are seeking to build a career in, either formal or informal learning and training sectors. Future opportunities may include education-related roles in higher education, further education, community and cultural settings, schools, training organisations, and in private, government and voluntary sectors. Whether your role or interest is in policy, learning design, teaching and delivery, or educational research, you will find courses and modes of study that will help you develop your career, and position you for roles in a range of education and learning organisations in a range of sectors.

The programme will be of particular interest to those who are preparing for or beginning leadership roles where a focus on developing future educational provision, policy, technologies and practices is key.

The core elements of the programme address the data and higher-order skills we know are important for the future of work, confident and critical citizenship, and a thriving, just society.

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Entry requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in any discipline.

Tuition fees

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£6,000 per year

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£9,600 per year

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£9,600 per year

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University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh Old College Edinburgh Edinburgh, City Of EH8 9YL United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Edinburgh Haymarket  0.7 miles away
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