Professional Practice in Education
MA
Sheffield Hallam University
Key Course Facts
Course Description
Course summary
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Learn in your workplace alongside your current job.
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Critically reflect on your practice to gain a deeper understanding of what you do.
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Boost your career progression.
This course is designed for teachers, early years workers and related professionals in full-time or substantial roles in schools, colleges and educational settings. You improve your practice through critical reflection and professional enquiry, ultimately leading to enhanced career prospects.
How you learn This course is designed to help you progress from and progress your career in education. It provides a progression route from undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training routes. You learn from university tutors and expert teachers on a course designed with schools and colleges.
It incorporates the following intermediate and short awards.
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Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Education
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Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Education
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University Advanced Professional Certificates
Applied learning This course is designed to help you further your career in education. It provides a progression route from undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training routes. You learn from university tutors and expert teachers on a course designed with schools and colleges.
We offer a choice of four elective modules to give flexibility to a wide audience at different career stages. Subject to minimum delivery numbers, you will work with the course team to decide which two of the four elective modules are best suited to your study. The relevant mandatory module plus one of the four elective modules will be studied at both PGCertificate and PGDiploma stages.
It incorporates the following intermediate and short awards.
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Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Education
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Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Education
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University Advanced Professional Certificates
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
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Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Professional Practice in Education, MA, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.
Academic Qualifications A 2:2 Honours degree or equivalent-with no specific subject requirements Level of English language capability IELTS 6.5 or equivalent for non-native speakers of English (6.5 or above with a minimum of 6 in reading and writing) Previous relevant work or work-related experience The programme targets people in working in an educational setting and pursuing personal and professional development, through work-based learning. Therefore, their role must enable them to use the workplace as a site of learning. Professional qualifications None - though the programme is appropriate for professionals from a range of fields whose qualifications are equivalent to degree level study Entry Profile Applicants will be working in a wide range of private, public and voluntary sector organisations; they may be in technical, management or professional role; have demonstrated success through career progression with sufficient experience in line with the level of study. Typically the students will be returnees to formal education although may have no experience of working at level 7.The main attributes are to be motivated to develop personally and professionally, be willing and have the time to complete the extensive studies associated with such a course. The formal academic admissions criteria are an honours degree at 2:2 level or above or equivalent, applicants who do not meet these criteria will need to demonstrate that they will benefit from and have the capability to complete the course successfully through completion of the application form and interview with the course leader. All admissions decisions will be at the discretion of the course admissions team in accordance with University admissions policy.
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
| Rent | £518 |
| Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
| Supermarket shopping | £81 |
| Clothing | £35 |
| Eating out | £33 |
| Alcohol | £27 |
| Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
| Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
| Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
| Transport within city | £17 |
| Self-care / sports | £20 |
| Stationary / books | £13 |
| Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
| Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
| Insurance | £51 |
| Other | £95 |
| Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
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About Sheffield Hallam University
Founded in 1969, Sheffield Hallam University is located in the city of Sheffield, in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. Sheffield is the UK's fifth largest urban centre, 60% of which consists of vibrant green spaces such as city parks, gardens and countryside. SHU prides itself on the important position it occupies in Sheffield as a pillar of the local economy, workforce, and infrastructure. This is reflected in the fact that almost half of this university’s enrolled students are from low-income backgrounds.
Student composition of Sheffield Hallam University
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Students by level of study Academic year 2020/21 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on 10 February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 22675
- postgraduates:
- 4335
- Total:
- 27010
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