MA Education (Wales)
University of South Wales
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MA - Master of Arts

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City Campus, Newport

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SEP-25

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MA - Master of Arts

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City Campus, Newport

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The National MA Education (Wales) is a truly transformative and sector leading programme for educational professionals in Wales, from early career teachers to senior leaders.The educational landscape in Wales is changing rapidly. Teaching not only requires the mastery of a complex set of skills to guide, motivate, and facilitate student learning, but also the ability to enquire into professional practice in order to improve it.The National MA Education (Wales) - which has been collaboratively ...Read more

The National MA Education (Wales) is a truly transformative and sector leading programme for educational professionals in Wales, from early career teachers to senior leaders.

The educational landscape in Wales is changing rapidly. Teaching not only requires the mastery of a complex set of skills to guide, motivate, and facilitate student learning, but also the ability to enquire into professional practice in order to improve it.

The National MA Education (Wales) - which has been collaboratively developed by seven universities in Wales, through direct engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including Welsh Government - will ensure that all education professionals in Wales have the same high-quality opportunity to enhance their professional knowledge, engage with research, and to improve their professional practice.

Currently there are three pathways available for this course:

1. MA Education (Wales)

This core pathway allows students to cross-combine modules from different themed areas.

2. MA Education (Wales) Additional Learning Needs

This specialist pathway is aimed at educational professionals in Wales, at all levels, who wish to focus on additional learning needs (ALN).

3. MA Education (Wales) Leadership

This specialist pathway has been designed for students who wish to focus on studying leadership at all levels within the education system.

4. MA Education (Wales) Equity in Education

This specialist pathway has been designed for students who are interested in promoting equity and exploring ways to support learners who are affected by aspects of inequity.

5. MA Education (Wales) Curriculum

This specialist pathway has been designed to deepen understanding of curriculum theory, design, implementation, and leadership in all parts of the education system.

Teaching

200 hours of study per 20 credit module, of which 22 will be contact hours. Learning will be a blend of online and face-to-face. Activities will be a combination of lectures, seminars, group activities and individual activities.

Assessment

Assessments are all coursework assignments and will be submitted at the end of each module. Wherever possible, assignments have been designed to complement the working contexts and schedules of full-time teachers.

CAREERS

This course is for educational professionals who have already embarked on their career.

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56/101
CUG Subject Ranking
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74th
CUG Ranking
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95th
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Entry requirements

Candidates must hold Qualified Teacher Status (except in exceptional circumstances) and be currently employed in the compulsory education sector in the UK. The course is also open to those working as lecturers in FE colleges, ITE partner school staff, Teaching Assistants who meet the academic entry requirements for the programme, School Improvement Partners, Regional Consortia staff, Estyn and Local Authority staff.

Tuition fees

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£3,249 per year

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Students from Domestic

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Part-time UK: £1083 per 20 credits

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University of South Wales
University of South Wales , Pontypridd

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Usk Way Newport (Wales) NP20 2BP United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Rogerstone  2.2 miles away
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