Education MA
Our flexible MA Education course examines the role of education, its relationship to the world around us, and how those working in educational contexts can best inspire and support others through a range of engaging modules. As a student, you'll be supported by experienced tutors who bring a wealth of insight from diverse educational backgrounds, helping you connect theory to practice throughout your studies.
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- Code
- PGX30X
- Attendance
- Full-time, Part-time
- Start
- September 2025
- Fees
- £10,000 (UK) £12,800 (INT)
- Duration
- 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
- Course Leader
- Nic Fryer
- Study mode
- On campus
- Location
- Hendon campus
- Entry Requirements
- 2:2 degree
- Placement year
- No
- School / Department
- Education
Why choose MA Education at Middlesex?
Structured so that assignments can be applied to real world situations, the course will allow you to consider a wide range of elements of education including leadership and management, social justice, creative learning and teaching, Special Educational Needs, and many more areas. You will be encouraged to evaluate existing practices, develop new approaches and become immersed in contemporary education research.
Middlesex's extensive history of delivering leading education courses ensures that you will benefit from the guidance of outstanding tutors who bring a wealth of professional experience to their teaching. As research-leaders, our academics are widely published across disciplines such as citizenship, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and creative pedagogies.
Middlesex University undergraduate alumni can benefit from a 20% discount to start their MA Education in September.
What will you gain?
- You will gain a deep and systematic knowledge of how different theorists and policy makers have understood the relationship between education and society
- You will find your own perspective on education and begin to consider how this could be applied in practice
- You will explore at least one of the following areas in detail: social justice, learning and teaching, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), leadership and management
- You will gain the confidence to research into educational contexts with understanding and rigour
- You will gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop plans for appropriate solutions to open ended problems in educational contexts
- You will be able to communicate your ideas through a wide range of media
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About your course
What you will study on the MA Education?
The MA Education will allow you to explore critical theoretical insights, reflect on your own educational experience and the education of others, and consider how you might develop educational practice.
The range of pathways offered by the programme invites a stimulating range of perspectives and ways of thinking. These pathways include:
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Learning and Teaching
- Leadership and Management
- Social Justice
Whilst there are various pathways, offering a wide range of options, a concern with both society and pedagogy underpins the whole programme: how society and education interact, how one influences the other, and how education can be marshalled to shape the future of both individuals and the world.
As a student, you will develop creative responses to briefs. You will engage in reflective practice during the programme, allowing them insights to previous practice and to formulate a strategy for future growth. You will engage with real world examples whilst also being introduced to ideas and theories that can illuminate these examples in new ways. You will take ideas outlined in sessions and will be invited to consider how these might be applied in different educational contexts. Finally, you will have an opportunity each semester to reflect on how what you have learned might be utilised in your current and/or future career paths.
Modules
The core focus of this innovative MA is the relationship of education to the world around us. It meets the needs of those who wish to further their knowledge and skills of the theory and processes of education. The course may be undertaken on an individual or collective basis, with groups of teachers and education professionals both eligible to enrol.
The module is suitable for teachers and those working in educational organisations that have a formal or informal leadership role. You'll develop effective leadership and management, and apply the leadership and management strategies you learn to an improvement project.
These modules look at student learning and ways to improve classroom practice. There are regular portfolio tasks plus an action enquiry task. The module is delivered via blended learning via web resources and materials and learning conversations. You will explore the pedagogy, systems and structures of learning in the classroom, and investigate current research into learning in order to improve practice. You'll reflect on your own practice and develop innovative approaches to learning.
This module is suitable for anyone in education interested in developing practice. It provides high quality support, recognition and acknowledgement for teachers for you in your professional development and encourages you as a reflective practitioner and skilled self-managed learner.
This module aims to identify critical issues that drive education policy and practice. The module aims to develop an understanding of contemporary education practice and critically evaluate specific aspects whilst fostering an evidence-based understanding of how societal and economic factors shape the core issues facing education
A total of 60 points must be chosen from the following final compulsory options:
The Research Dissertation is the culmination of a student’s work on the MA Education Programme. You will appraise their knowledge and critically develop independent research skills to demonstrate mastery of a complex and specialised area in education. This research project is an individual undertaking and the final responsibility to display your ability to propose, design, conduct, analyse, interpret, and evaluate an ethically sound practitioner research study that has the potential to improve professional practice in education.
This module will provide a critical overview of research methods and approaches used for researching various aspects of modern education. You will be able to evaluate the strengths and limitations of various methodologies and different methodological approaches including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, which underpin various approaches to knowledge generation in a range of education contexts. In addition, you will have the opportunity to explore philosophical, ethical, and methodological differences, which underpin various approaches of knowledge generation that can inform educational research. Advanced data analysis techniques will be explored for qualitative and quantitative methods, to enable you to add depth to your research proposal to help prepare you to undertake your final project. This module a good preparation for the independent dissertation research project.
The Dissertation is the culmination of your work on the MA Education Programme. Having previously completed 120 credits at Masters (M) level the you will appraise your knowledge and critically develop your independent research skills to demonstrate mastery of a complex and specialised area in education. This dissertation allows you to conduct an in-depth research project which displays your ability to propose, design, conduct, analyse, interpret, and evaluate an ethically sound practitioner research study that has the potential to improve professional practice in education.
You will choose an additional module from above or this one.
The main aim of this module is to help you enhance your research competencies and encourage you to critically explore areas of interest in your practice prior to starting your dissertation module for the MA. You will not be required to carry out a full research project but you will be required to explore why particular research methodologies and methods would be appropriate to investigating a particular issue or finding the answer to a specific question. The module will also increase your awareness of the kinds of practical research and development issues you may encounter in your professional work e.g. school settings, universities.
This is the step off point for the Postgraduate Diploma.
The Dissertation is the culmination of the students work on the MA Programme. Supported by their tutors it is an individual undertaking and the final responsibility to display their ability to plan and conduct an ethical research displaying mastery of complex and specialised area of knowledge.
To find out more about this programme, please download the MA Education course specification (PDF).
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Teaching
You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience.
How we'll teach you
We aim to model a wide range of teaching strategies and approaches on the course which you can adapt to your own setting.
The course is delivered by our academics and industry partners in person and via digital platforms. Our learning activities include lectures – including talks by guest speakers – presentations, workshops seminars webinars, one-to-one tutorials and group projects.
You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience. Your personal tutor will support you with help and advice throughout your studies.
We aim to model a wide range of teaching strategies and approaches on the course which you can adapt to your own setting.
The course is delivered by our academics and industry partners in person and via digital platforms. Our learning activities include lectures – including talks by guest speakers – presentations, workshops seminars webinars, one-to-one tutorials and group projects.
You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience. Your personal tutor will support you with help and advice throughout your studies.
Your knowledge and understanding is assessed by a wide variety of formative and summative authentic assessment methods that may include needs analysis, student led plans, formative assessment tasks, creative responses to pedagogical briefs, discussions and critical analyses of practice and policy, reviews of literature, reflective writing, project reports, action research studies and a final dissertation report. Choice is built into assessments, allowing a wide range of personalised opportunities for study and flexible learning.
You will receive continual formative feedback through the semester in a range of formats (e.g. coaching, peer review), which monitor learning, focus teaching, and feed directly into summative assessments. These enable you to gain knowledge, produce reasoned arguments, hold justifiable points of view, make effective decisions and solve problems in relation to the learning objectives and outcomes of each module.
Dr Nic Fryer
Senior Lecturer in Education
Dr Lee Jerome
Professor in Education (Childhood and Society)
Dr Lynette Morris
Director of Programmes for Education and Early Childhood
Dr Mona Sakr
Assoc Prof in Education Studies/Early Childhood Studies
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Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.
Qualifications
Applicants should have at least one of the following:
- a 2:2 or above from an honours degree programme in a relevant area
- a postgraduate qualification in a relevant area
- relevant experience.
In addition to:
- GCSE English and Maths Grade 4 or equivalent.
Eligibility
UK/EU and international students are eligible to apply for this course.
Academic credit for previous study or experience
If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, academic credit may be awarded towards your Middlesex University programme of study. For further information please visit our Accreditation of Prior Learning page.
Interviews, entrance tests, portfolios and auditions
Entry onto this course does not require an interview, portfolio or audition.
We welcome students from the UK and all over the world. Join students from over 122 countries and discover why so many international students call our campus home:
- Quality teaching with top facilities plus flexible online learning
- Welcoming north London campus that's only 30 minutes from central London
- Work placements and networking with top London employers
- Award-winning career support to get you where you want to go after university.
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We accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the accepted qualifications on your country's support page. If you are unsure of the suitability of your qualifications or would like help with your application, please contact your nearest international office.
English language
You will need to meet our English language requirements. And, don’t worry If you don't meet our minimum English language requirements, as we offer a Pre-sessional English course.
Visas
To study with us in the UK, you might need a Student visa. Please check to see if this applies to you.
Applications for postgraduate study should be made directly to the university.
Please visit our Postgraduate application page for further information and to apply.
Fees and funding
The fees below refer to the 2025/26 academic year unless otherwise stated.
UK students
£10,000
International Students
£12,800
*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part-time study are shown here as a guide.
For more information and to answer your frequently asked questions, please visit our postgraduate funding page.
Additional course costs:
The following course-related costs are included in the fees:
- A free electronic textbook for every module
- All printing and copying required for your study
- Self-service laptops available for loan for a maximum of 24 hours
- Audio-visual equipment available for loan, including digital stills cameras, digital video recorders, digital audio recorders
Scholarships and bursaries
As an undergraduate alumnus continuing postgraduate studies at Middlesex, you are eligible for an alumni award worth 20% off your fees.
Careers
 Successful students may continue to:
- further postgraduate study
- senior roles within schools and other educational contexts
- leadership and management roles within schools and other educational contexts
- social work practice
- policy development
- youth work and continuing education
- higher education
- work with children and adults with SEND
- promoting equity, diversity and inclusion
The MA Education will also further develop employability skills so that you have the opportunity to develop a specific knowledge base, self-management, development of critical thinking skills, communication, problem solving and the application of literacy, numeracy and information technology.
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