The Masters programme at Bishop Grosseteste University College can be followed by anyone engaged in teaching-related activities. The routes to these further, high level qualifications have been developed to enable teaching professionals (including TAs, teachers and lecturers) who already have degree equivalent or QTS (with teaching experience) in schools, colleges, early years, special units etc. to access higher qualifications linked to Continuing Professional Development.

The full Masters programme is tiered into three levels, each comprising two 30-credit modules; the first two modules you take (60 Credits) could gain the Certificate of Professional Studies in Education (CPSE). If you continue with two more modules (120 credits) you could gain a Diploma in Professional Studies in Education (DPSE). The final double module (to make 180 credits) could gain you a Masters Degree.

Tutorial support and guidance is included in the programme; on researching and implementing your CPD action and on writing up your analysis.

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The MA in Education Practice at De Montfort University is designed to be useful to you, your place of employment
and your pupils. It focuses on contemporary issues and you are encouraged to use your own work place and
experience as a basis for the assignments ensuring dayto-day relevance of the course.
Key facts about the MA Education
Practice*
• Taught by academic staff who are all experienced and qualified teachers and are recognised by the University for excellent teaching and for curriculum
design and innovation. Education Studies at DMU was ranked in the top 20 in the 2008 Guardian league tables
• Designed as a course of continuing professional development for existing practitioners in education settings. You can apply for up to 60 credits of
accredited prior learning (APL) at application stage
• Flexible modes of study allowing you to fit study around work and other commitments

Lincoln University at present are focussing on providing the EdD qualification.
The degree of Doctor of Education provides experienced professionals in education and related fields with the opportunity to pursue doctoral study at the leading edge of current and futures-orientated thinking. A well-structured route for personal and professional enhancement, the programme links the personal and institutional needs of staff with contemporary national and international developments in all phases and sectors of education. The doctorate is a rigorous research-based qualification that is focused upon professional practice and is the key professional qualification for teachers, managers and researchers.

Masters Degree Programme Linked to Teaching
What is the masters degree about?

The masters degree is known as the MSc in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It is an innovative masters degree linked to training to be a teacher. This course allows newly qualified teachers to acquire a masters degree at the end of their third year of teaching and therefore provides an excellent springboard for a successful career.

Whether you are a teacher or someone working in an organisation with an educational focus, we aim to provide you with a flexible range of modules and courses which will help you to develop a real expertise in your field, support your professional interests and advance your career.

This Masters programme allows you to gain credits from a range of modules which result in the award of either a MA Education: Postgraduate Professional Development or an MA Education: Specialist Pathway.

Many of the modules are from the specialist suite for Postgraduate Professional Development (PPD). These have been designed to give you qualifications by credit accumulation through research into your own practice.

The course is designed for practitioners working in education or associated professions. It provides participants with opportunities to enhance their practice by reflecting on their own personal and professional experiences and developing further skills, knowledge and understanding of aspects of specific interest. In particular, the programme aims to extend participants' understanding of learning, teaching and educational issues through engaging in detailed analysis and evaluation of both established and innovative practice and of key theoretical perspectives in education.

A key element of many modules is the provision for 'shared enquiry', enabling participants to engage with other professional colleagues and researchers in developing critical approaches to enquiry within practical education (and education-related) contexts.

Assessment procedures are flexible and sensitive to existing professional workloads, and are usually based on aspects of work currently ongoing in the participant's own school or setting.
Special course features

* Recognised TDA Postgraduate Professional Development for teachers
* Modules for a range of professional and personal interest leading to named pathway awards
* Modules can be taken 'stand-alone' for professional development
* Modules can build into three successive postgraduate awards from Certificate to Diploma and Masters
* Employment-related course designed to fit with participants' work
* Modules designed to connect with practitioner work and context
* Highly experienced and supportive tutor team all of whom are active researchers