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University of Bath: Education (campus-based)

Institution University of Bath View institution profile
Department Education View department profile
Web https://www.bath.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/
Study type Taught

Summary

Develop the skills and knowledge to become a changemaker, leader, or critical practitioner in the field of education.

Empower yourself to enact positive change in education and explore creative responses to contemporary challenges in the field.

During this course, you’ll develop key capabilities needed across a range of established and emerging areas of education, including research-informed practice. This will put you in a better position to start or advance your career in the sector.

You’ll broaden and deepen your critical awareness of current educational debates such as how to educate for sustainable futures and global citizenship. You’ll also develop the analytical and critical skills required to challenge and improve policies and practices at local, regional and global scales in a variety of contexts.

As well as this, you’ll explore a range of topics relevant to many aspects of education, which could include:

  • sustainable development and climate change

  • globalisation and international education

  • education policy

  • technology in education including AI

  • social inequality and citizenship

  • learning cultures and educational wellbeing

  • curriculum design and educational assessment

Gain key skills

On successful completion of this course, you'll have gained:

  • a greater appreciation of innovative approaches to education

  • a thorough understanding of current educational issues including those connected to equality, diversity and inclusion

  • the ability to use this understanding to enhance your professional practice

  • the ability to recognise ways in which research and theory are used in education and how to apply these effectively in your own academic and professional work

  • analytical and critical thinking skills

  • the skills to contribute effectively to the development of educational policies and practices at different levels and in a range of contexts

Get practical experience with a consultancy project

The consultancy project is an alternative to a dissertation. It’s your chance to work on a project with an external organisation, using the skills and knowledge you’ll gain during your studies.

You’ll conduct appropriate research, analyse data (if necessary) and share your proposed strategies or solutions in a presentation and written academic report.

You may work with an organisation such as a school, university, governmental department or an education provider, to undertake an activity like:

  • critical evaluation of existing policies or practices

  • activities aimed at creating improvement or reform

  • internationalisation projects

  • contribution to institutional marketing efforts

  • community engagement or outreach

  • critical analysis of data

Consultancy project numbers are limited each year. You’ll be supported to arrange and apply for a suitable project with one of our external partners or with an organisation from within your own network. If a suitable project can’t be secured, you will complete a dissertation instead.

Graduate prospects

You'll develop and enhance skills and knowledge needed for a range of established and emerging roles in the broad field of education, for example:

  • teaching (in schools and other contexts)

  • lecturing

  • professional training

  • educational leadership

  • educational management and administration

  • educational consultancy

  • policy development

  • stakeholder liaison roles

  • international development

  • project management

  • community engagement

You'll also be prepared for positions in national and international education organisations including charities, learning companies, awarding organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governmental departments.

Please note: This course does not offer teaching accreditations.

MA

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Bath conducts high-quality research focussed on solving some of the world’s biggest problems and improving the societies we live in. Academics working within the faculty are active researchers, which means that as a student, you will benefit from the real-world experience they bring into their teaching.

The Faculty comprises of six departments:

By studying and researching with us you’ll be welcomed into a multidisciplinary, diverse academic …

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