Professional Master's Programme

Flexible study arrangements allowing you to choose from a range of accredited short modules or longer programmes of study.

Flexible learning through choices that offer a mixed menu of either taught modules and/or supervised independent study.

Wide range of specialist and generic career-based award titles.

A number of specialist award areas are linked to career enhancing membership of professional associations, e.g. the British Dyslexia Association, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors, the Institute of Leadership and Management & British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

The PMP and its work based learning constituents are endorsed by fdf (Foundation Degree Forward) and are compliant with the Teaching Agency’s (TA - formerly TDA) Integrated Qualifications Framework (IQF).

PMP Awards

The PMP has a selection of both specialised and general awards, some of which can be studied as a full-time programme.

Specialised Awards:

These awards include specific modules for study. The awards are:

• Education Studies (full-time option)
• International Education and Global Citizenship (full-time option)
• Specific Learning Difficulties/Dyslexia (full-time option)
• Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice

General Awards:

These flexible awards reflect the general focus of independent or work-based study undertaken. Participants undertaking general awards are initially registered to the 'Educational Practice' award. Based on the focus of their study, they may choose from a number of different titles for their final award.

The awards are:

• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Early Childhood Studies
• Educational Practice
• Educational Leadership and Management
• Learning and Knowledge Technology
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Primary Science Education
• Primary Mathematics Education
• Primary English Education
• Tertiary and Adult Education
• Vulnerable Learners and Inclusion

Qualifications Within the Programme

The range of qualifications offered have different requirements in terms of the number of module credits involved:

• Graduate Certificate (Grad Cert): This involves the study and completion of 60 credits at Level 6 (Honours).
• Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert): This involves the study and completion of 60 credits, a maximum of 15 at Level 6 (Honours) and a minimum of 45 credits at Level 7 (Master’s).
• Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip): This involves the completion of 120 credits. At least 90 credits must be at Level 7 with a maximum of 30 at Level 6.
• Master of Arts or Teaching (MA/MTeach): The MA or MTeach qualification is gained through the completion of 180 credits that includes a final dissertation of 60 credits. The final stage 60 credits dissertation research project is 15,000-20,000 words or equivalent.

The period of registration for part-time students is usually a minimum of two years and a maximum of six years, whereas for full-time this is from one year up to two years maximum.

Lifelong Learning Awards

We offer a Certificate in Education / Professional Graduate Certificate in Education aimed at professionals teaching and training in the 'lifelong learning' sector.

Why study Professional Master's Programme?

The Professional Masters Programme (PMP) is aimed mostly at professional working adults or those aspiring to join the professionalo areas the various Awards represent.