Bristol, University of, MSc, Education

This MSc Education programme enables students to design a tailored programme of study suited to their cultural and learning needs.  Students on this programme will be able to opt to specialise and receive awards in the following disciplinary areas:

• Leadership and Policy: This specialism develops knowledge and skills for: leading and managing staff, promoting social justice in educational organisations, using and conducting research, and policy analysis. You will be expected to develop your own views and a distinctive voice relating to education leadership and policy. Through assignments and dissertation research, there will be opportunities to study in-depth the topics that are of most interest to you.
• Learning, Technology and Society: This MSc will provide you with a foundation for developing your career as leaders of learning with an in-depth understanding of sociotechnical change and the uses of digital technologies to support teaching and learning (in formal education and elsewhere). 
• Mathematics Education: This programme is designed for both UK and international teachers of mathematics and other professionals working in mathematics education, from primary schools to post-16 education. The course has been recognised as excellent by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM).
• Neuroscience and Education: This programme focuses on the interrelationship between brain science and education in terms of policy, educational management and pedagogy. It is intended for educational professionals who are seeking to understand the implications for neuroscience for their own practice.
• Policy and International Development:  This specialism is tailored for individuals with some experience in education and/or development, who are already working in or looking to move into a policy-making, policy-influencing or research role. The course develops skills, expertise and a distinctive voice in relation to education policy and practice, and international development. Graduates from this Bristol Masters programme have gone on to become education ministers, education advisors within international NGOs, designing training for businesses and university-based researchers.
• Psychology of Education: This specialism provides a Masters-level grounding in psychology, with particular attention to its implications for education and other professional practice.You can opt to complete the programme leading to the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS), or you can undertake a more flexible programme which leads to award of the Masters degree without accreditation by the BPS.
• Special and Inclusive Education: This programme focuses on inclusive practice and is intended for teachers and other professionals working with students who are experiencing barriers to learning and participation and/or other special educational needs; whether in mainstream, special schools/units, colleges or early years settings. 
  
• Teaching and Learning: This pathway provides you with the opportunity to build your own flexible programme. In common with other MSc Education students, you will take the compulsory research methods unit, Introduction to Educational Inquiry, and write a dissertation.  You can choose the rest of your units from across the programmes offered by the Graduate School of Education. 

Identification of these specialisms will be shown in brackets on your award for example, MSc Education (Leadership and Policy).

In addition students can opt not to specialise and to take core units from across the disciplines in order to follow a tailored programme of study resulting in an award of MSc Education. Students opting not to follow a specialism can import up to 60 Masters credits (subject to meeting the University's eligibility requirements).