Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses MA
Bangor University
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About This CourseThe Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor is the largest and oldest mindfulness teacher training organisation in the UK, and has been training people to teach mindfulness-based courses for the last 15 years. We were the first programme in the world to offer a Masters in mindfulness-based approaches and strive to be the best. Our students often comment about our supportive and experiential learning environment, and develop a close and supportive community ...Read more

About This Course

The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor is the largest and oldest mindfulness teacher training organisation in the UK, and has been training people to teach mindfulness-based courses for the last 15 years. We were the first programme in the world to offer a Masters in mindfulness-based approaches and strive to be the best. Our students often comment about our supportive and experiential learning environment, and develop a close and supportive community of learning as they progress through the course.

Gain a Masters degree in Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses

This Masters will provide full training to be a mindfulness teacher, and you gain a Masters level qualification plus the Certificate of Competence in Mindfulness teacher training – this represents the highest level of teacher training in the UK and is a highly sought after certificate.
This route takes between four to five years to complete, it is up to you at what rate you progress through the Masters.
There are four compulsory modules (Foundation, Teaching 1, Teaching 2, and Mindfulness Teacher Project).

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14 Nov 23

Worst aspect is the communication between departments and with students...Read more

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05 Mar 22

Teachers are kind and helpful. The assignments are really good and relevant to becoming a secondary school teacher. The structure of the course is easy to understand, however the..Read more

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Have completed a teacher-led 8-week mindfulness course (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), taught to a group over 8 weeks; good undergraduate or postgraduate degree (usually at a minimum 2:ii standard). Equivalent professional and practical experience in life and work can also be considered.Frequent and regular meditation practice (normally on a daily basis) of mindfulness meditation, preferably as taught in MBSR and MBCT, for at least a year before starting the programme. IT requirements: students must have a computer in good working order (with basic software such as Microsoft Office as a minimum), access to the Internet, and the IT skills required to use these systems.

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Full time fee:£14,000. Part-time fees for programmes are charged as an approximate proportion of the full-time fee. (Comprising 4x 30 credit Mindfulness modules, and the 60 credit Mindfulness Teaching Project)

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£21,000 for full time and its guide for part time students.

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£21,000 for full time and its guide for part time students.

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Bangor University
Bangor University , Bangor (Wales)

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Bangor University
Bangor (Wales) LL57 2DG United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Bangor   0.3 miles away

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