Master of Arts in Professional Practice in Higher Education

A one year master degree in university teaching, covering pedagogy in higher education, curriculum design, assessment practice, educational research and a practice project.

This trains people who teach in universities rather than schools, which is a distinct professional context with its own frameworks.

Master of Arts in Professional Practice in Higher Education is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the higher education practice master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the higher education practice master, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the higher education practice master plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the higher education practice master does not support a family move.

The academic bar for Master of Arts in Professional Practice in Higher Education is a completed bachelor degree with 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the higher education practice master is recorded at GBP 16,625. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the higher education practice master. The higher education practice master lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the higher education practice master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.