An innovative, interdisciplinary degree with Edinburgh Futures Institute_x000D_ 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 and innovative 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._x000D_ The Futures Institute’s 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:_x000D_ mobility_x000D_ politics_x000D_ environmental change_x000D_ culture_x000D_ social justice_x000D_ how data-driven systems for managing and understanding the world influence learning and education_x000D_ You will explore the ways that knowledge, culture and skills are produced and reproduced, how people, organisations and systems learn, and how this influences global challenges and change. Your studies on this programme will support you to:_x000D_ think ambitiously about the future of education across all sectors_x000D_ gain vital data and creative skills to support your future career_x000D_ apply innovative methods to building a strong future for education and learning_x000D_ Postgraduate study at the Edinburgh Futures Institute_x000D_ This programme is part of an interconnected portfolio of postgraduate study opportunities at Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)._x000D_ The Futures Institute supports interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research that is focused on complex global and social challenges. Our programmes are taught by academic experts from many different subject areas._x000D_ As a Futures Institute student, you should be proactive and motivated. You will be supported to develop creative, critical, and data-informed thinking that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. You will have the space to think deeply about questions linked to your own passions and professional goals and will develop a project based on an issue that you care about._x000D_ As well as knowledge specific to your area of study, studying at Edinburgh Futures Institute will give you the skills and understanding you need to become a creative, confident, and critical citizen in a fast-changing world._x000D_ These skills include:_x000D_ core data skills_x000D_ data ethics_x000D_ the ability to interrogate issues of global scope using perspectives from across disciplines_x000D_ creative and analytic approaches to knowledge_x000D_ You can join us regardless of whether you already have experience or practical skills in the use and application of digital data.