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    MA 1 year full-time 2 years part-time

Course Description

Advance to the next stage as a Religious Education teacher or leader with a postgraduate degree that’s designed to support your career progression.

  • Advance your professional skills and expertise as a practitioner researcher.
  • Apply your learning to practical situations within your own schools, using your knowledge to drive effective change in Religious Education.
  • Study this degree in person at St Mary’s University or through the blended or online options.
  • Access to excellent tutorial and supervisory support.

Why study Education: Religious Education?

If you’re involved in the teaching of Religious Education you’ll find that this degree is structured to meet your professional development needs.

Education: Religious Education is suitable for you regardless of whether you’re a specialist or non-specialist RE teacher/leader. It will fit your needs no matter what school phase or educational context you work in, or at which stage in your career you’re currently at.

It enables you as a teacher or current/aspiring middle or senior leader of Religious Education to critically reflect on your experience and practice. It will also develop your academic knowledge and ability to link theory with your practice.

You’ll have the opportunity to explore an area of interest relevant to your work as you undertake a small-scale practitioner research enquiry, leading to evidence-informed innovation in Religious Education.

Entry Requirements

You will normally be expected to possess a good honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university or an equivalent qualification approved by the University.

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Fees

Home/EU: £6,480 International: £13,650

Student Destinations

This Master’s programme supports your long-term career development. This is evident from the high proportion of graduates who achieve internal or external promotion to middle and senior educational leadership positions in Faith schools and other sectors within one year of completing the programme.

Graduates of this programme are well placed to pursue doctoral studies on either a Professional Doctorate (Doctor of Education) or a PhD.

Module Details

  • Developments in Religious Education
  • Research Design
  • Issues in Religious Education
  • Change Agency and Strategy: From Research to Practice
  • Academic Paper and Conference Presentation

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