Master of Arts - Education Practice

MA Education Practice is a professional master’s for educators: pedagogy and learning theory, curriculum design and assessment, inclusive practice, educational leadership and change, and research methods supporting a dissertation grounded in the student’s own practice context.

The entry requirement recorded in the source is the strictest in this batch at 77% alongside an IELTS 6.5 profile with no band below 6.0, reflecting a course pitched at experienced or high-attaining candidates — preserved verbatim in this sheet’s requirements and mapped to the corresponding lookup profiles.

Teaching is designed around reflective professional inquiry, with assignments applied to real educational settings, which suits practising teachers and those intending to return to school systems abroad in leadership or curriculum roles.

The elevated entry bar recorded in the source — 77% with the stricter English profile — should be checked carefully against candidate transcripts before applications are submitted, since it exceeds the requirement for every other course in this batch and will exclude candidates who would qualify elsewhere at DMU. Where a candidate falls short, the MA English Language Teaching listed in this sheet at a lower bar and a lower fee may serve a similar career purpose for those focused on language teaching specifically. The £17,300 fee applies across three recorded September cycles. Candidates should prepare a reflective account of their own teaching context for the application, as professional master’s selection weighs practice experience heavily.

Graduates progress into curriculum leadership, teacher development, consultancy and international school management, and the master’s is standard currency for doctoral entry. Graduate Route permission of 18 months applies under post-2026 rules, and dependants cannot accompany taught postgraduate students.