School of Education continuing professional development and postgraduate courses

Our Education CPD and postgraduate taught courses will give you the knowledge and skills to further your career in teaching supported by qualified education professionals.

With both distance learning and campus-based options available, our range of courses can help you:

  • Develop skills in mentoring Initial Teacher Training trainees, to improve their understanding of pupil learning and develop their professional behaviours for a teaching career.
  • Develop your early years Montessori practice and professionalism.
  • Explore aspects of young children’s lives in more depth.
  • Understand the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) requirements of children and young people.
  • Grow your understanding of educational leadership and explore varying approaches to driving education forward.
  • Discover your own areas of interest within education, and tailor your studies towards them.
  • Reflect on your own practice and learn from others.
  • Increase the reach and impact of your support network.

We also offer undergraduate courses and research programmes.

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Education

Postgraduate - PG Dip

Study in:
Distance learning
Available as:
1 year part time
,
2 years part time
Course features
  • Develop as an Early Years, Primary or Secondary teacher
  • Enhance your understanding of Education
  • Study around your commitments
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Education

Postgraduate - MA

Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Distance learning
,
Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time - face to face
,
1 year full-time - distance learning
,
2 years part-time - face to face
,
2 years part-time - distance learning
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1 year part-time - face to face - with APCL
Course features
  • Tailor your studies to your particular interests
  • Develop and enhance your professional skills
  • Enrich your student experience alongside others
Course details Apply

Educational Leadership and Management

Postgraduate - MBA

Study in:
Distance learning
Available as:
2 years part-time
Course features
  • Boost your educational management skills
  • Tailor your learning to your current role
  • Study by distance learning and gain a valuable MBA qualification
Course details Apply

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (non FHEA)

Postgraduate - PG Cert

Study in:
Distance learning
Available as:
1 year part-time January
,
1 year part-time September
Course features
  • Continue your professional development as a teacher or lecturer in higher education
  • Reflect on your own practice, and learn from others
  • Study part-time by distance learning
Course details Apply

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) without QTS

Postgraduate - PGCE

Study in:
Distance learning
Available as:
1 year part-time distance learning
Course features
  • Gain new teaching knowledge and skills
  • Develop a specialism
  • Earn a postgraduate teaching qualification while you work
Course details Apply

Mentoring for Initial Teacher Training

CPD and short courses

Study in:
Blended learning
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Preparing for the new Department for Education statutory requirements for lead mentors from September 2024? Develop your skills for mentoring trainees in Initial Teacher Training and supporting Initial Teacher Education, as well as Early Career Teachers’ professional development. This course will allow you to enhance the connections between their academic and professional lives, as well as your own.
Course details Apply