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| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,256 - ≈ € 13,116 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
This programme offers an opportunity for HE professionals to deepen their understanding of principles, theoretical concepts and context of Higher Education. Practice-based specialist modules are combined with modules supporting the development of research skills, culminating in a dissertation. The emphasis throughout is on a critical understanding of the HE context and its implications for academic work in the 21st century.
Programme structure
* Educational Research Methodology (for those new to this field
* Interrogating Higher Education Research
* Two from: Developing as a Researcher in Higher Education; Developing as a Research Degree Supervisor; Technology in the Academic Environment; Learning and Teaching Innovation; Assessment and Professional Development in Higher Education; Individual Investigation in Higher Education; Philosophical and Theoretical Issues in Higher Learning
* Dissertation (for the MA)
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework for each of the modules (and for the MA, a 12-15,000-word dissertation).
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testYou should normally have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Further or Higher Education, or equivalent, or provide evidence of an ability to complete such a programme and have a minimum of two years experience of teaching in Higher Education.
English Language Requirements
IELTS
6.5 incl
6.0 reading
6.0 writing
5.5 listening
5.5 speaking
TOEFL internet-based
90 incl
22 reading
21 writing
21 listening
23 speaking
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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