Would you like to develop your professional practice as a teacher, a trainer or an educationalist? This distance learning programme is an opportunity to continue your professional development and acquire advanced research and study skills whether you are in the UK or Overseas.

The content of the programme can be tailored to your particular interests. Options include ‘Advanced Pedagogical Practice’, ‘Assessment Theory into Pedagogical Practice’ and ‘Leading Organisational Effectiveness in Education’. You can also choose to undertake a negotiated individual study in education. A compulsory Research Methods module follows the three optional modules. The programme culminates with a Thesis module, in which your research project can once again be tailored to your particular interests.

The research element of the programme is excellent preparation if you decide to go on to a higher degree such as a PhD. The research element is supported by the University’s Centre for Pedagogy whose specialisms include teaching styles, motivation, human relationships in learning and comparative education.

This distance learning programme is spread over two to three years, which allows you to combine it with flexible paid work and other commitments. We also offer a full-time Education MA and part-time Education MA, both with identical content and delivered at our Sunderland Campus.

If you would prefer not to write a dissertation and teach in an International School overseas, you may want to consider our distance learning International Education MA which replaces the dissertation with taught modules that are particularly relevant to international schools.